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By THE STAR STAFF
Financial Oversight and Management Board Executive Director Robert Mujica says the board is concerned about the possibility that if elected, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may claw back as yet unused federal funds given to Puerto Rico to deal with its disasters.
“It is something that we all have to be concerned about because if not, you are going to be very surprised,” Mujica said in an interview aired on journalist Jay Fonseca’s YouTube channel.
Mujica added that it is important to obligate the funds and to spend them.
“It is harder to claw back funds when contracts have been signed,” he said in the recent interview. “They are moving. … But if the money has been sitting there for years, you don’t have to worry about the president, Congress can act. It is something that is of concern.”
Mujica stressed the importance of speeding the pace in the use of the federal funds.
While Hurricane Maria in 2017, the January 2020 earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic slowed down the distribution of federal funds and the reconstruction down, Mujica said that now it is time to double down.
In response to a question, he said the possibility of a clawback of federal funds, “is something that I have conversations [about].”
“When I have gone to Washington and expressed that … it is a real concern,” he said.
During Trump’s administration, from 2017 to 2021, he imposed certain restrictions on the use of federal Community Development Block Grant disaster funds to Puerto Rico. Financial data from the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency shows that of the estimated $40.1 billion assigned to Puerto Rico for its disasters, about $36.8 billion has been obligated, but just $9.8 billion has been disbursed.
By THE STAR STAFF
Pablo José Hernández Rivera, the Popular Democratic Party candidate for resident commissioner, presented his proposals on Sunday to reduce student debt in Puerto Rico.
The proposals include increasing the Pell grant and adjusting it to inflation, allowing Medicaid beneficiaries to automatically qualify for the Pell grant, and extending the use of the grant to graduate studies. Hernández Rivera also proposes reducing the payments required for debt forgiveness in the public service program and eliminating the requirement of employment in public service at the time of forgiveness.
Hernández Rivera plans to reintroduce or co-sponsor bills such as the Loan and Assistance Opportunity Act, the Pell to Grad Act, and the Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act. Those bills would increase the Pell grant to $14,000 and extend its availability from 12 to 18 semesters, as well as reduce the
term of payments required for public service debt forgiveness from 120 to 96 months.
In Puerto Rico, more than 294,000 people owe more than $10.39 billion in student loans, with an average of $35,400 per person. The candidate stressed that his campaign focuses on youth and economic development.
By THE STAR STAFF
Gabriel López Arrieta, a Popular Democratic Party atlarge candidate for the island House of Representatives and a former administrator of the Public Housing Administration (AVP by its initials in Spanish), called on the Department of Justice to investigate serious irregularities at the AVP that were pointed out in an Inspector General of Puerto Rico report on the years 2021 to 2024.
The report exposes serious irregularities and mismanagement at the AVP, highlighting a case in which a contractor obtained millions of dollars in profits through public funds intended to improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable communities.
“It is unacceptable for the AVP not to have taken action against a contractor who obtained millions in profits at the expense of public funds that should have been allocated to improving the quality of life of our most vulnerable communities,” López Arrieta said. “The report must be sent to the Department of Justice so that responsibilities are established.”
The Inspector General’s report details million-dollar payments made by the AVP to contractors, including payments that led to profits of over $7 million for one of them. The profits resulted from a 36% to 52% markup on the hourly cost of a subcontractor’s staff, with no negotiated provision in the contracts to justify such markups.
be mismanaged and end up benefiting a few instead of fulfilling their purpose, which is to assist Puerto Rican families in need.”
The inspector general’s analysis, which covered the period from July 1, 2021, to March 1, 2024, focused on the AVP’s use of federal funds to implement and administer the COVID-19 Income Assistance Program. The report found irregularities in the payment of $7.8 million to contractors and confirmed there were 878 cases of fraud totaling some $2.75 million.
“As public servants and representatives of the people, we are duty-bound to demand immediate accountability and take corrective measures to prevent this type of abuse from occurring again,” López Arrieta stressed. “The administration must act firmly and swiftly, implementing the Inspector General’s recommendations and ensuring that those responsible for these acts are held accountable for their actions.”
The report also noted that the AVP did not return a surplus of $1.1 million to the federal government, thus failing to comply with the stipulations for reimbursing unused funds. Moreover, it said, the AVP needs to comply with the guidelines of the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service regarding government efficiency and the protection of privacy.
“This report directly reflects the current administration’s lack of oversight and transparency,” the candidate said. “We cannot allow federal resources, so necessary for our island, to
“It is time for difficult decisions to be made to correct course and restore the people’s confidence in their institutions,” the candidate said, emphasizing the need for transparency and efficiency in public management. “We cannot sit idly by while these injustices are perpetuated. We have to act.”
By THE STAR STAFF
With the attendance of professionals linked to the health industry in the United States and Puerto Rico, the Sixth Health Law Symposium of the Puerto Rico Hospital Association concluded over the weekend.
The symposium featured speakers who addressed topics such as medical malpractice and its current challenges in both the federal and commonwealth courts, the management of artificial intelligence, legal consequences and compliance with new labor regulations, and legal aspects in the application of “clinical bioethics” in the hospital setting.
An experienced group of resources and speakers on the topics discussed was assembled at the event, such as: Mary Grady Walsh (vice president of claims at MedPro Group), Roberto J. Torres Antommattei (an attorney and professor at the Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law), Dr. Brian Anderson (CEO of the Health Coalition-CHAI), Brenda Rosado Aponte (a prosecutor from the Department of Justice’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit), José Luis Soto (special agent in charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General), Jorge Pizarro and María Elisa Echenique-Arena (experienced labor lawyers from the law firm Pizarro & González), Coral M. Rivera Torres (legal adviser to Episcopal Health Services), Belinda L. Toro (CEO of Doctors’ Center Hospital Orlando Health), Moraima Torres
Toro (an attorney and legal adviser for Hospital Damas), José Escobar (the Mennonite System’s director of legal affairs) and Miglisa L. Capo Suria (vice president of legal affairs at Metro Pavía Health System).
Marie Carmen Muntaner, legal adviser of the Puerto Rico Hospital Association and organizer of the event, said the symposium reached a valuable consensus in the legal sector through a comprehensive discussion of the punitive damages incorporated in the civil code and their effect on making health services more expensive on the island, and how the situation promotes the exodus of doctors, and increases and complicates the costs of litigation.
It was emphasized that Puerto Rico already has a punitive mechanism through the Medical Licensing Board to revoke the licenses of doctors who have been found to have acted in serious disregard for the health and safety of a patient.
“Likewise, the keynote lecture was presented by Dr. Brian Anderson, in his first appearance as a speaker in Puerto Rico, who revealed the inherent risks of artificial intelligence due to the lack of uniformity in the mediation of satisfaction and precision of the regulatory agencies of the programs that have some element related to this topic,” Muntaner said.
“Meanwhile, the Office of the Inspector General of the federal Department of Health and Human Services addressed topics such as fraud prevention, how investigations are carried out, and how to avoid being prosecuted for not cooperating or
destroying evidence.”
The attendees also discussed the jurisdiction of the MFCO agencies, the Office of the Inspector General and the island Department of Justice to prosecute doctors, hospitals or other health entities that commit fraud and offered several examples of cases investigated and prosecuted in Puerto Rico and by local authorities and by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Dr. Brian Anderson, CEO of the Health Coalition-CHAI, pointed out the inherent risks posed by the use of artificial intelligence in the health industry.
By THE STAR STAFF
Some 480 workers at Genera PR, the private operator of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) legacy power plants, recently voted to join the United Steelworkers (USW) union.
The newly unionized workers serve as technicians, electricians, field operators, instrumentalists and maintenance workers, among other positions, in 17 locations across Puerto Rico. Genera PR is an independently managed subsidiary of New York-based energy company New Fortress Inc., which generates electricity through natural gas for the entire island. The 261 to 149 vote in favor of joining the USW took place last week.
“This is a historic moment for not only the USW but also our new members at Genera PR,” USW District 4 Director David Wasiura said. “This victory has significant implications for electricity generation in Puerto Rico as well as our ability to hold companies that seek to enrich themselves by privatizing public services to account.”
Puerto Rico began privatizing the island’s power gener-
ation in 2017 after PREPA declared bankruptcy. Genera PR officially took over for the PREPA as power plant operator on July 1, 2023. Genera refused to recognize any of the unions that represented workers at PREPA, including the Electrical Industry and Irrigation Workers Union, which the government has tried to dismantle.
Workers said the transition from a public entity to a private company left them without labor protections.
“The transition to the private sector left us without the protection of a collective bargaining agreement,” said Stephany Resto Sierra, an electrician at the Genera PR San Juan plant. “Winning our union was a priority because uncertainty reigned here previously. Now, through our union, we’ll be able to improve our working conditions and have a say in the decisions that affect us. We now call on Genera PR to sit down with us and swiftly negotiate a fair first contract.”
“Working in the private sector brings new challenges, and the surest way for us to improve our working conditions and defend our labor rights was through securing union representation,” said Oscar Roque, a worker at Genera PR’s Palo Seco plant. “We trust that future collective bargaining will be done in good faith and for the benefit of all parties.”
By THE STAR STAFF
Puerto Rico State Elections Commission (SEC) Alternate Chairwoman Jessika Padilla Rivera rejected late last week a motion filed by New Progressive Party Electoral Commissioner Aníbal Vega Borges in which he recommended that the sending of early voting ballots for the general elections on Nov. 5 be done by regular mail, not certified mail.
Padilla Rivera said her decision, which was included in a resolution shared with the electoral commissioners, puts an end to the disagreement among them regarding the issue.
“Guided by the prerogatives and protections that must safeguard the sacred right to vote, we are forced to conclude that certified mail promotes greater security in the delivery of that ballot, which at some point along the way, the SEC and the voter do not have control over,” the document states, emphasizing the need to maintain the security of voting processes.
Resolution CEE-RS-24-014 (CEE being the Spanish initials for the SEC), as issued, also addresses six other disagreements among the electoral commissioners, including the one related to the minimum age to request early voting, allowing that voting modality for all
voters over 60 years of age. In addition, the Regulations for Absentee Voting and Early Voting were approved, as well as the Request for Early Voting, as resolved in the document that will soon be available to the general public through the SEC website, www.ceepur.org.
The electoral commissioners from opposition parties objected to Vega Borges’ proposal to have early voting ballots sent by regular mail. The Popular Democratic Party, Puerto Rican Independence Party, Citizen Victory Movement and Dignity Project commissioners concurred that the proposal would compromise the transparency of the voting process.
By THE STAR STAFF
The FBI alerted the public late last week about a fraud scheme in which scammers pose as bank representatives to fraudulently obtain bank cards with “chips” from clients of financial institutions.
According to the FBI, scammers call
customers from a number that appears to be from the bank and inform them about alleged fraudulent activity on their accounts. The imposters then tell the customer to cut up their bank card, leaving the “chip” intact, to be returned to the bank.
“The impostor arranges for an accomplice to visit the customer at home, posing as a bank employee, to pick up the
cut card, but with the chip intact,” the FBI said in a statement. If the imposters do not have the card’s PIN, the accomplice uses social engineering techniques to obtain it from the customer.
Using the chip and PIN, fraudsters can steal money from a customer’s bank account. It is not yet known how the fraudsters obtain bank customers’ personal
information and they are not believed to target a specific demographic.
The FBI urged the public to report fraudulent activity to the FBI’s Internet Complaint Portal (IC3) at www.ic3.gov, including details such as how they were contacted, phone numbers, and aliases used by the scammers, using the keyword #BankChipHack. It also recommends contacting the financial institution to regain control of the accounts, change passwords, and set alerts for suspicious access attempts or transactions.
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
She is not one of us.
When former President Donald Trump challenged Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity at a public forum last Wednesday — and again on social media the next day — that was the message at the core of his remarks.
It is a tactic that has long been part of the underside of American politics: presenting an opponent as somehow “other” or “not one of us” — someone who cannot be trusted or truly known.
But while this has been a recurrent theme in American campaigns for at least a century, Trump has taken it to a new level, historians and analysts said. What has often been a subtext or a whisper campaign driven by surrogates is, in Trump’s hands, a central message of his campaign — projected on screens at a rally, promoted on social media and reinforced by his running mate.
Trump has personally led the effort, explicitly falsifying the biography of his opponent and invoking race and gender in ways no modern major-party leader has done before. Even as a noncandidate in the 2008 election, he deployed such tactics against Barack Obama, demanding to see Obama’s birth certificate and claiming that Obama — who went on to be the nation’s first Black president and was born in Hawaii — was not born in this country.
“Whenever the United States is poised to break a political glass ceiling, we see an intensification of othering in our politics,” said Timothy Naftali, a presidential historian at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. “What makes Trump a singularly poisonous political player is that the top of the ticket is overtly engaging in othering against his political opponent.”
Over decades, the tactic of othering has been wielded against candidates with various backgrounds, characteristics and traits, among them race, ethnicity, gender, economic class and religion — all in the service of making them seem alien to voters. And it has often been effective. In 1928, Republican opponents seized
on the fact that Al Smith, the Democratic candidate for president, was a Roman Catholic, suggesting that he would therefore be beholden to the pope.
And it has long been a strain of politics in New York City, where Trump spent many of the formative years of his life. In 1989, Rudy Giuliani, who went on to become a close ally of Trump, ran against David Dinkins, who was Black. One of Giuliani’s top campaign surrogates, comedian Jackie Mason, described Dinkins, who would defeat Giuliani, with a pejorative term used against Black people.
In the case of Harris, Trump for weeks had mispronounced Harris’ first name, Kamala, which is a common name in India, and he made fun of her laugh. On Wednesday, during an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, he said he had only recently realized that she identified as Black, asserting — falsely — that she had abruptly changed her identity.
“She was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she became a Black person,” he said before the audience of journalists. Harris’ father was Black and an immigrant from
Jamaica, and her mother emigrated from India; throughout her career in law and politics, Harris has identified as Black.
Trump returned to the theme Thursday on his social media platform, Truth Social, posting a photograph of Harris with members of the Indian side of her family. “Your warmth, friendship, and love of your Indian Heritage are very much appreciated,” he wrote.
This is not Trump’s only line of attack: He has sought to draw distinctions
from her as well on some of the critical issues of today, in particular immigration and the economy.
It is, to say the least, an open question whether Trump’s othering of Harris might chase voters away from her or bring any to his camp. More than 12% of Americans identify as multiracial.
Obama was elected president, despite Trump’s attempt to question his citizenship. “I think it will work less,” said Howard Wolfson, a former senior adviser to Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, who lost the presidential election to Trump in 2016. “The country is different. But given the politics he grew up in, it’s not surprising that it’s Trump’s first instinct.”
Even Abraham Lincoln was the object of unfounded rumors that he had Black ancestors, often promoted by segregationist Southern newspapers.
But it is fair to say that no presidential nominee in the nation’s history has embraced this tactic so frontally and exuberantly as Trump has. He turned up the volume on these strategies as his campaign witnessed the enthusiastic response to the arrival of Harris, at least among Democrats.
“It’s easier to play up the fears, the angst and the resentments that people have about others — aspects of individuals’ lives that they don’t like — than actually confront real issues,” said Michael Steele, the former head of the Republican National Committee.
“Trump has perfected it,” he said.
By JUSTIN JONES, CHRISTINE HAUSER and ORLANDO MAYORQUÍN
Tropical Storm Debby formed just off the Gulf Coast of the United States on Saturday afternoon, the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, and was expected to make landfall in Florida as a hurricane.
A hurricane warning was issued for parts of Florida and tropical storm warnings were extended Saturday as the tropical depression became a tropical storm and moved over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, threatening to bring heavy rain, gusty winds and the potential for flash flooding.
— Tropical Storm Debby was roughly 50 miles west-southwest of Dry Tortugas, Florida, and 260 miles south-southwest of Tampa, Florida, late Saturday, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.
— The National Hurricane Center warned that heavy rains could cause areas of flash flooding across Florida and the Southeast through Wednesday.
Florida prepares for potential damage.
On Saturday afternoon, the center issued a hurricane warning, meaning that hurricane conditions were expected by late Sunday, for the Florida Gulf Coast, from the Suwannee River to the Ochlockonee River. A hurricane watch was issued for a west-central portion of the Florida coast, from Ochlockonee River to Indian Pass, and for the Florida coast east of the Suwannee River to Yankeetown.
A tropical storm warning, meaning that tropical storm conditions were expected within 36 hours, was issued for the Florida Keys from west of the Seven Mile Bridge, including the Dry Tortugas, and along the western coast from south of Yankeetown to East Cape Sable in Florida.
The service also warned of the possibility of lifethreatening storm surge for Tampa Bay and other parts of
the Florida coast. Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Pasco and Taylor counties issued evacuation orders for low-lying areas.
Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 61 Florida counties, which gives emergency managers the authority to allocate resources to respond to the fallout of the extreme weather.
Travel could be disrupted for the throngs of summer visitors who go to Orlando and the theme parks at Universal Studios Florida and Walt Disney World.
Water tables in some areas are already saturated, the governor said, and the incoming rainfall “will cause significant river flooding that may last for several weeks.”
The storm could damage “major interstates and roadways, bridges, airports, schools, hospitals, power grids and other critical infrastructure,” DeSantis said.
It was expected to cause widespread power outages from downed trees and power lines.
Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia also declared a state
of emergency in his state, which is directly in the storm’s projected path.
Landfall is expected over Florida’s Big Bend coast.
On Saturday evening, Jamie Rhome, a forecaster with the hurricane center, said that Debby was expected to make “landfall somewhere in the Florida Big Bend area as a hurricane.”
Hurricane Idalia smashed into the same region last year with Category 3 winds and a storm surge of 7 to 12 feet along the coast, becoming the strongest storm to ever hit the area.
There is little that might keep the storm from intensifying as it moves over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. When a storm system’s wind speeds reach 39 mph, it becomes a tropical storm and is given a name. At 74 mph, it becomes a hurricane. Forecasters warned of damaging winds and a 2- to 7-foot storm surge. A storm surge warning was in effect from Aripeka, Florida, and up the coast to Indian Pass.
In the United States, 6 to 12 inches of rain, with maximum rainfall totals of up to 18 inches, could fall, raising the risk of flooding from Florida to the Carolinas. Where the heavy rain falls depends on the path the storm takes and how long it sticks around. The forecast track becomes highly uncertain after landfall, forecasters said.
The steering currents will likely cause the storm to slow down as it drifts northeastward of northern Florida and Georgia. It could then accelerate northeastward along the East Coast or get left behind, meandering for days over or near the Georgia and South Carolina coast.
If it were to stray, the rainfall could become problematic for areas that get days of tropical rain. The storm’s wind intensity along the East Coast highly depends on whether its center remains over land, where it would be weaker or over water, where it would have fuel to strengthen.
By ANNA HOLMES
Q: I work for a smallish company. I enjoy my job, the challenge, my co-workers and the good worklife balance. I was hired by a leader in the company who I’ve known professionally for many years. The role I was hired into was a bit of a stretch, and I think this person went out a bit on a limb to bring me in. Fast-forward six years and I’ve excelled, been promoted and clearly made a positive impact on the company. One day, I received an email from a recruiter on LinkedIn about a similar role, but at a higher executive level and a larger organization with perhaps more prestige and compensation. The role seemed like a good fit, but then I also felt a heavy dose of guilt for leaving the leader who believed in me. Because of my conflicted feelings, I ended up not coming off as enthusiastic about the role in my final round and, ultimately, I didn’t get the job. How loyal does one need to be to someone who is responsible for a lot of my career growth and success?
— ALBERT
A: My first question for you: How much do you want a new job versus thinking you should want a new job? We live in a culture in which we feel we always need to be on the lookout for the next best thing. But what if we’re happy where we are?
It sure sounds that you’re in an enviable, if not ideal, position. A lot of us working stiffs don’t have this sort of luck. So the second question I’d urge you to ask yourself is: What do you think the chances are that you might find these sorts of attributes in the context of a new job?
As for the loyalty issue, this is tougher, which is why I’m saving it for last. Looking out for No. 1 and not letting emotions like guilt dictate our career decisions is important in terms of building our careers. At the same time, there’s something to be said for listening to one’s heart and one’s gut, and it sounds as if your heart (and your gut!) communicated something to these prospective employers, namely, that you aren’t that enthusiastic about taking on a new job at a new company.
I think you should also ask yourself where, after six years in your current role, you might go from here. And then, if it feels as if you’re ready for a new challenge, I’d recommend asking your supervisor — the person you’re feeling such loyalty to — what opportunities for advancement are available now or in the immediate future. Some career coaches might counsel that one way to get more responsibility in one’s current position is to come to the table with a job offer from elsewhere, but that can be risky: Your current employer might call your bluff, so to speak. And if you’re not actually ready to leave, then what? That said, it can’t hurt to know what else is out there in terms of job opportunities. After all, knowledge may not be prestige, or a padded bank account, but it is its own form of power. Advising a friend
How
Q: I have a good friend who is trying to advance her career. She has a top-notch resume, sterling education credentials and a track record of clinching every job she has applied for in the past. But over the past couple of years, she has gained a substantial amount of weight, is becoming poorly groomed and her clothing choices seem off the mark for the type of job she aspires to. Our circle of friends feels bad that she is discouraged by the job rejections, but we all agree that she is either inattentive to or willfully ignoring choices that would better her chances for career advancement. Yet none of us want to give honest advice for fear of hurting her feelings and jeopardizing our relationship. Is there a way to handle this? — ANONYMOUS
A: How people look on the outside can often be a strong indicator of how they’re feeling on the inside. It sounds as if your friend might be depressed. And depression can be part of a vicious cycle where we undervalue ourselves to the point where we communicate to others that they should undervalue us, either in behaviors or appearance. Or both.
I agree that you may hurt her feelings by giving her honest feedback about what might be holding her back in terms of finding a job. So I suggest you engage her in conversation not about her aesthetics — please don’t bring up her weight — but about her feelings. How is she doing? How are the job rejections affecting her? And what might
she do to turn things around?
Inquiry around, and validation of, one’s emotions and experiences by friends and family can go a long way toward instilling a measure of self-awareness that can lead to lasting change. Though you can’t make her improve how she presents herself, you can have an effect on how she feels about herself deep down. Offering her the opportunity to think aloud about this will give you — and her — valuable information as to how to best be of support, and maybe make some substantial changes.
A passive-aggressive boss
Q: Last year, I was hired at a large NGO. This was my first job after finishing my master’s degree, and I was excited to start my career at a renowned organization. As time went on, I started being pelted with assignments that were not only not in my job description, but also things I did not have any grasp on at that time. But I wasn’t in a position to make a fuss about it, so I did my best to learn. The problems really started once my manager started contacting me on weekends to fix mistakes she noticed on my assignments. My problem with that was the mistakes were for things that I had absolutely zero experience doing and the fact that my weekends were being rudely interrupted. The other issue was terseness and passive-aggressiveness. In person, she would treat me exactly as her other subordinates, but online it was a different story. This is what made her behavior hard to explain to upper management and HR. My co-workers understood me, but her supervisors never treated this as a big issue. I am open to being wrong, but I would like your thoughts on this. — ANONYMOUS
A: It’s clear that your boss is being overly demanding, passive-aggressive and downright rude. It sounds as if you’ve already tried to engage upper management and HR about your supervisor’s behavior. And it seems that they’ve done little to nothing about it. So, I’m torn. My instinct is to tell you to approach your supervisor directly and communicate to her that you want to have a better working relationship. You can ask what you can do to improve things — not just your work, but your relationship with her. If she responds negatively or — ugh — tersely, I’d set up another meeting with HR to discuss your continued concerns. I’d also think about other job opportunities.
Asharp drop in U.S. stocks is provoking selling from volatility-sensitive funds, exacerbating a selloff that has already brought the Nasdaq Composite into correction territory.
Volatility control funds - systematic investment strategies that typically buy equities when markets are calm and sell when they grow turbulent - have gorged on stocks as indexes soared to record highs in 2024.
More recently, they have begun selling, as worries over the economy and tech earnings rattle investors: volatility control funds have dumped about $83.6 billion of U.S. equity futures over the last two weeks, according to Charlie McElligott, managing director Cross-Asset Strategy at Nomura.
It’s “extremely rare” for the funds to sell in that size, McElligott said, noting that they have only recorded a sharper pullback in their equity allocations 3.2% of the time in the last 10 years.
The moves come on the backdrop of a selloff in U.S. stocks that deepened on Friday, after weaker than expected U.S. employment data spurred recession fears. The S&P 500 has slipped about 5% from its July 16 record high, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index, has slipped about 10% from a record high reached last month, putting it on pace to confirm a correction.
The Cboe Volatility Index stands at its highest level in more than 16 months.
The funds’ behavior going forward depends on how volatile markets are in the next few weeks, McElligott said.
A 1% daily change in the S&P 500 over the next two weeks could spur another $15 billion of selling in that period, while daily 0.5% changes would stop the bleeding and
see these funds turn buyers to the tune of about $14 billion, McElligott said.
Certain other slower-reacting volatility-sensitive strategies could also join the selling if the market selloff worsens.
Equities trend-following commodity trading advisers (CTAs) sold only about $12.5 billion over the last two weeks. But these systematic, rule-based investment strategies could ramp up selling to about $36.0 billion if the S&P 500 were to sell off another 4% over the next two weeks, McElligott said.
A selloff that rocked equity markets around the world is clouding the outlook for investors looking to buy stocks on the cheap, as worries over the U.S. economy and disappointing tech earnings threaten more losses ahead.
A two-day rout late last week left the S&P 500 nearly 6% from its July peak while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite extended losses to notch its first 10% correction from a record high since early 2022. Equities plunged in Europe and Asia as well, with Japan’s Nikkei index losing nearly 5% for the week.
The market tumble presents a dilemma as another week of trading is set to unfold. Jumping into stocks during periods of weakness has rewarded investors over the last two years, as the S&P 500 has climbed about 50% from its Oct 2022 low.
But buyers of the dip risk being steamrolled if recession fears grow following last week’s run of alarming U.S. data. The S&P 500 has fallen an average of 29% during recessions since World War Two, according to Truist Advisory Services.
Saturday’s earnings report from legendary investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway may also give bargain hunters pause: the conglomerate sold about half its stake in Apple and let its cash pile soar to $277 billion in the second quarter. Berkshire often lets cash build up when it can’t find whole businesses or individual stocks to buy at fair prices.
“People are starting to reassess what their risks are and whether they are properly positioned.” said Mark Travis, a portfolio manager at Intrepid Capital, noting also that elevated valuations are giving investors pause.
By SAIF HASNAT and MUJIB MASHAL
At least 70 people were killed in clashes between security forces and protesters on Sunday in Bangladesh, as the country’s leaders imposed a new curfew and internet restrictions to try to quell a growing anti-government movement.
The revival of student protests after a deadly government crackdown late last month, as well as a call by the governing party for its own supporters to take to the streets, has plunged the country of over 170 million into a particularly dangerous phase.
The exact number of deaths in the violence Sunday was unclear, but it appeared to be the deadliest day since the protests began in July. A diplomatic official in Dhaka, the capital, said the toll across Bangladesh was at least 72, while tallies by local news media and the protest coordinators put the count at anywhere from 70 to 93. At least 13 of the dead were police officers, the country’s Police Headquarters said in a statement.
Sunday’s toll added to the more than 200 people killed in the crackdown on protesters last month by security forces under Bangladesh’s increasingly authoritarian leader, Sheikh Hasina. In a sign of the risk of further violence, the protest coordinators said they would march toward Hasina’s official residence Monday.
In a meeting with her top security officials Sunday, Hasina called those behind the violence “terrorists” and asked the country’s people “to curb anarchists with iron hands,” Bangladesh’s state news agency reported.
Over the weekend, the tensions flared into the kind of localized clashes nationwide that appeared difficult to contain. With the public angry at the police forces, seeing them as an overzealous extension of Hasina’s entrenched authority, attention focused on Bangladesh’s powerful military. Hasina has worked to bring the military to heel. But it has a history of staging coups and was being watched for how it positions itself in the escalating crisis.
What began as a peaceful student protest last month over a preferential quota system for public-sector jobs has morphed into unprecedented anger at Hasina’s growing autocracy and her management of the
any need of the state.”
Reports from student protesters and diplomatic officials about the army’s conduct on Sunday were mixed. While in some parts of the country the army cracked down on the protesters, in other places, it was seen protecting them against attacks by the governing party’s youth wing.
In announcing the reinstatement of the curfew, the army said it would “carry out its pledged duties in accordance with the Constitution and the country’s prevailing laws.”
While the army was long prone to staging coups, it has grown more disciplined in recent years, exercising its influence from behind the scenes.
Analysts attribute that to a combination of factors: Hasina’s stacking of the top ranks with loyalists, and the lucrative business of United Nations peacekeeping, to which Bangladesh’s army is a major contributor. Human rights abuses like those attributed to other forces under Hasina, or involvement in a coup, would have international ramifications.
economy.
While the crackdown, which included the arrests of more than 10,000 people and the lodging of police cases against tens of thousands more, temporarily dispersed the protesters, the demonstrations have been back in full force since Friday.
The protesters’ anger over the large number of deaths has solidified their demands to a single point: On Saturday, at a rally of tens of thousands, they demanded the resignation of Hasina, who has been in power for the past 15 years.
In response to the resignation call, her Awami League party called on its supporters to join counterprotests — setting up the tense situation that unfolded Sunday.
In a statement sent to the news media Sunday, as internet restrictions went into effect, leaders of the student movement called for the protests to continue uninterrupted.
“If there is an internet crackdown, if we are disappeared, arrested or killed, and if there is no one left to make announcements, everyone should continue to occupy the streets and maintain peaceful noncooperation until the government falls
in response to our one demand,” Nahid Islam, one of the movement’s leaders, said in the statement.
As the chaos escalates, with the protesters and Hasina’s party digging in their heels, and as opposition parties take the opportunity to pile on, the country’s military may help determine what happens next.
The army and other security forces were deployed during the crackdown in July. On Sunday, however, the army’s chief, Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, gathered senior officers for a meeting that was seen as an attempt to allay concerns over the army’s position in the crisis and reinforce its neutrality.
In a statement issued after the meeting, the army said its chief had reiterated that “the Bangladesh army will always stand by the people in the interest of the public and in
In an indication of the growing pressure on the army to stick to a neutral position, dozens of former officers — including a former army chief — held a news conference Sunday in Dhaka and called on the military to withdraw its forces from the streets.
“We are deeply concerned, troubled and saddened by all the egregious killings, tortures, disappearances and mass arrests that have been tormenting Bangladesh over the past three weeks,” Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, who served as army chief from 201215, said in a statement on behalf of the former officers. “In no way our armed forces should come forward to rescue those who have created this current situation.”
By JULIE TURKEWITZ and JACK NICAS
The message delivered last Thursday night was blunt: The United States recognized Venezuela’s opposition presidential candidate as the winner in Sunday’s election and dismissed a declaration by election officials that the country’s autocrat, President Nicolás Maduro, had won.
The government has not produced any data supporting his claim of victory, the Biden administration said, while his rival, Edmundo González, had tallies from a majority of voting machines that his team said show he had won by an “insurmountable margin.” The New York Times has not verified those tallies.
The U.S. declaration ratcheted up the international condemnation of a vote riddled with irregularities and was an attempt to warn Maduro that the world would not accept a farce. Even some of Maduro’s fellow leftist leaders in Latin America have expressed grave doubts about his claim of victory.
But will it matter?
There is widespread skepticism that foreign pressure will affect Maduro’s grip on power, at least in the short term.
Already, protests in support of González have sputtered out, as security forces and progovernment gangs have responded with force. At least 17 people have died, including one soldier. About 750 people have been arrested in the demonstrations, according to the country’s attorney general.
At the same time, a half dozen members of the opposition’s campaign team are hiding out in an embassy in Caracas, the capital, trying to avoid arrest. González’s main backer, popular opposition leader María Corina Machado, said in a recent op-ed that she was writing “from hiding, fearing for my life.” Her
National Guard soldiers disperse a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, after Nicolás Maduro claimed victory in the presidential election, July 29, 2024. (Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times)
public appearances since the election have been brief.
Authorities have threatened to arrest her and González, while their team awoke Friday to discover that her office had been broken into and vandalized. The two opposition leaders have called for a march in Caracas on Saturday. But many Venezuelans know they could face arrest, or even death, and it’s unclear how large the gathering will be.
In response to foreign governments criticizing Maduro’s victory claim, the Venezuelan leader has simply ordered some of their diplomatic missions to leave his country.
His movement — first under Hugo Chávez and, for the last 11 years, under Maduro — has ruled Venezuela for a quarter century, consolidating power and gaining control over every branch of the government and most of the news media.
The United States has tried for years to
oust Maduro, calling his reelection in 2018 a sham, imposing harsh sanctions on the country’s oil industry and, along with dozens of other countries, backing the head of the country’s legislature, Juan Guaidó, in 2019, when Guaidó declared himself the nation’s interim leader. None of that succeeded in removing Maduro.Now life in the repressive country could get even worse.
Francisco Rodríguez, a Venezuelan economist, said that following Sunday’s election, Venezuela was probably looking at “the beginning of a truly full-fledged dictatorship” in which even the remaining shreds of democracy would disappear.
In Venezuela many people believe Maduro allowed the vote to take place, after leading opponents were disqualified, jailed or driven into exile, in an effort to gain some domestic and foreign legitimacy, and as part of an effort to have the United States lift its sanctions.
People close to him said he believed that he could win.
But as exit polls Sunday began to show that Maduro was losing — badly — the goal shifted. By late afternoon, his quest was simply to remain in power, no matter the price, analysts said. And that appears to be exactly what Maduro did.
Hours after polls closed, the country’s election authority announced that with 80% of voting machines reporting, Maduro had received 51% of the vote, and González 44%. But it released no vote counts.
The opposition campaign, however, collected receipts printed by each polling machine. By Thursday the campaign said that it had gathered receipts from 81% of the machines, and that its count indicated that González had won 67% of the vote.
It has published the results online.
But the reality, Rodríguez said, is that the cost of losing was just too high for Maduro to even consider: Leaving power could land him in prison.
The leader has been indicted in the United States, accused of narco-trafficking, and is being investigated by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
But committing electoral fraud in such a seemingly brazen manner doesn’t cost him nearly as much.
Countries that could have some sway over Maduro are Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, all regional powers led by leftist leaders who have been relatively friendly with the Venezuelan leader.
All three have taken a softer approach than the United States, voicing doubts about the election rather than saying outright that Maduro lost, believing, perhaps, that if they avoid antagonizing him they can persuade him to finally release vote results.
Or, in the longer term, he could be pushed toward some kind of power-sharing deal with the opposition, as has happened in other authoritarian nations.
The administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil has become a key ally in the international community’s approach to Venezuela, according to a U.S. State Department official who was not authorized to speak on the record about diplomatic affairs.
The Brazilian leader has developed a warm relationship with President Joe Biden since the U.S. president helped Lula fend off Brazil’s own threat to democracy during the 2022 Brazilian election, and Lula has grown frustrated with Maduro in recent months, the official said.
His government this week came to the aid of six members of the González-Machado campaign who have been holed up the Argentine Embassy in Caracas in an effort to avoid arrest. When Maduro ordered the Argentines to leave this week, Brazil took over the embassy building, effectively offering its protection to Maduro’s enemies. It was a bold stance for Brazil.
Yet there are signs that Lula may ultimately shy away from taking dramatic steps against Maduro, like breaking off relations.
In an interview with the Brazilian television station Globo on Tuesday, he characterized the election dispute as a quotidian disagreement that could be resolved in the Venezuelan courts — though the country’s top court is run by Maduro allies. “It is normal for there to be a fight,” the Brazilian president said.
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Ididn’t anticipate the political twists and turns of the past few weeks, but then, who did? One thing I do blame myself for not seeing coming, however, is the extent to which this has become a crypto election.
Six years ago, I argued that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies served no useful purpose, that their market value rested on nothing but “technobabble and libertarian derp.” I stand by that judgment, which has actually been reinforced by the passage of time.
But I didn’t foresee how big a deal crypto would nonetheless become — not because it would fulfill its promise of replacing conventional money, which it hasn’t and never will, but because it has become a powerful force that is, among other things, warping our politics.
What is crypto? Donald Trump recently said, “Most people have no idea what the hell it is.” Indeed. Even now, it’s hard to explain exactly what bitcoin and other crypto assets really are.
But maybe this will help: Who guarantees that the money in my bank account belongs to me? Why can’t the bank tell me, “Sorry, we used that money to pay other people”? The answer is that doing so would be illegal.
What bitcoin and its emulators try to do is sidestep the need for a legal framework with a technological fix that doesn’t depend on banks’ centralized record-keeping. You “own” a bitcoin if you have access to a code that effectively turns a seemingly meaningless string of ones and zeros into a message that says, in effect, “I am a bitcoin,” in much the same way that numerical keys can unlock encrypted communications.
These keys are generated by “mining,” which means using banks of computer servers to solve extremely complex computational problems (a process that is costly and consumes huge amounts of electricity, generating lots of greenhouse gases).
It is, I’m told, a very clever system. But what problem does it solve that can’t be handled more easily and cheaply in other ways? I’ve been in many meetings over the years in which skeptics have asked crypto advocates that question and have never heard a clear answer.
And crypto has never shown any signs of supplanting conventional money. In the years since bitcoin was introduced, digital payment systems that skip the hocus-pocus, like Venmo and Apple Pay, have become ubiquitous. But for most of us, crypto assets have few uses other than the purchase of other crypto assets; notable exceptions are money laundering, extortion and scams.
El Salvador delighted the crypto faithful in 2021 when it made bitcoin legal tender, but three years later the cryptocurrency is barely used in
Still, isn’t a claim that crypto is basically useless refuted by the fact that crypto assets are now worth more than $2 trillion? No. This wouldn’t be the first time — or the hundredth! — that fast-talking operators with a good story line have persuaded investors to pay large sums for ultimately worthless assets.
If anything, what’s surprising is crypto’s durability, the way bitcoin and its emulators have managed to come back from repeated market crashes and scandals.
My guess is that crypto’s robustness has a lot to do, perversely, with its incomprehensibility: It’s hard to conclude that someone was misleading you when you never understood what was being said in the first place. Also, crypto isn’t like a company with a well-defined bottom line: “Hey, this company is still losing money” is easier to understand than “Hey, these so-called currencies still aren’t being used for everyday transactions.”
Finally, crypto has been heavily marketed to small investors — remember those Super Bowl ads? — who normally wouldn’t and shouldn’t be buying highly speculative assets.
But what does this have to do with politics? Support for crypto doesn’t break down along purely partisan lines; some Democrats still have positive things to say about the technology. But the Biden-Harris administration has in general advocated regulating crypto assets the same way we regulate other securities, like stocks, and regulating crypto institutions that are effectively banks the same way we regulate conventional banks.
And the crypto industry has reacted in much the same way as fossil fuel industries after Democrats began to take environmental concerns seriously: by throwing their support overwhelmingly behind Republicans. They seem to be getting results: The 2024 GOP platform says, “Republicans will end Democrats’ unlawful and unAmerican Crypto crackdown” — by which they mean, stop regulators from treating crypto assets and institutions the same way they treat stocks and banks. Trump has promised to turn America into a “bitcoin superpower,” which apparently means having the government buy a lot of bitcoin.
Backstage at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, June 16, 2024, on the second day of the Republican National Convention. “I didn’t anticipate the political twists and turns of the past few weeks, but then, who did? One thing I do blame myself for not seeing coming, however, is the extent to which this has become a crypto election,” writes The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)
All of which raises the disturbing prospect that an industry initially driven, seemingly, by libertarian instincts but which has never delivered on its economic promises will nonetheless be able to buy itself a huge government bailout.
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CAYEY – Un grupo de servidores públicos del Municipio de Cayey solicitaron públicamente al candidato independentista a la alcaldía que desista en su intención de obligarlos a hacer públicos sus expedientes laborales personales. Reunidos en la plaza pública Ramón Frade León el pasado sábado en la mañana, expresaron sentirse amedrentados por el constante hostigamiento en los medios y hasta frente a sus centros de trabajo.
Para Nilmarie López Bonilla, quien funge como directora de la Oficina de Asuntos al Ciudadano, “el candidato José Carlos Rivera nos tiene cansados con su intención de publicar nuestros nombres, puestos, seguro social y salarios en las redes sociales, sin medir las consecuencias que para muchos de éstos eso significa. Sus expresiones públicas y su tono agresivo es una amenaza
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para los que venimos a servirle a todos los ciudadanos”.
Mientras, Carla Bernard, oficial administrativo municipal señaló que “entendemos que no es justo para ningún empleado público, sea del municipio o del gobierno central, que una persona, por caprichos políticos, atente contra su derecho a mantener la confidencialidad de su información personal incluyendo hasta los salarios. La actitud de ese candidato es repudiable, e incluso lleva guaguas de sonido a alto volumen frente a nuestros centros de trabajo. Nadie entiende cual es la obsesión que tiene contra nosotros, que no somos candidatos políticos”.
Con sus compañeras coincidió Jessie Gabriel Cortés, quien señaló que aunque hay un caso judicial sometido por el candidato independentista, “nosotros los empleados municipales firmamos un documento en el cual rechazamos que se haga pública la información personal
de los expedientes. Y a esos efectos nos hemos educado en términos legales. Tanto la Ley de Transparencia del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, como el Código Municipal, indican que el expediente de los empleados son confidenciales. Eso es lo establecido y lo lógico es que un tribunal no nos obligue a violar la ley”, finalizó.
polaca Julia Szaremeta.
PARÍS, Francia – La corozaleña boxeadora de los 57 kilos, Ashleyann Lozada Motta, consiguió el domingo un diploma olímpico por su participación en los Juegos París 2024.
“Estoy agradecida primeramente con Dios, por darme la oportunidad de estar en los Juegos de París. Estoy súper contenta. A la misma vez, un poco triste por la decisión, pero aquí estamos felices por ser la primera olímpica boxeadora por Puerto Rico”, dijo Lozada Motta al finalizar el combate.
Lozada Motta perdió por decisión unánime frente a la
En el primer asalto se vio una conservadora puertorriqueña. Su oponente polaca fue atacar con precisión. Las tarjetas de los jueces fueron 10-9.
“Pienso que tirar más no era opción. De mí estaba tirar más, lo que pasa es que también la que me tocó corría demasiado. Solo se conformó con uno y dos, y los jueces vieron que eso estaba bien. Se me hizo difícil cortarle lo que fue la esquina”, explicó sobre su combate la peleadora de 33 años.
La discreción en el combate se mantuvo para la Lozada Motta. La polaca, quinta en los Juegos de Europa, estuvo
firme en el centro del cuadrilátero ripostando a las acciones de la boricua para llevarse el segundo episodio, 10-9. En el último suspiro del combate, no hubo mucha diferencia en la pelea para la polaca ganar por decisión unánime.
“No la sentí muy rápida ni muy fuerte, pienso que en fortaleza yo la dominé. Ella era más explosiva, pero ella se movía demasiado y se me hacía difícil cortar el ritmo. Cuando yo entraba, ella hasta con el codo me tiraba”, sostuvo.
“Estoy en los libros. La derrota siempre es amarga, pero me siento muy contenta. La experiencia me la llevo con lo lindo de París”, comentó.
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By MICHAEL PAULSON
In the nine years since “Hamilton” opened on Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda has acted (in the film “Mary Poppins Returns” and the HBO series “His Dark Materials,” among others), composed (songs for “Encanto” and “Moana,” for example) and even tried his hand at movie directing (“Tick, Tick ... Boom!”).
Now he’s returning to his roots, sort of. Miranda, who rose to fame as a musical theater savant, has been working with playwright Eisa Davis on a concept album inspired by a cult 1979 action film, “The Warriors.” And late last week, Miranda and Davis announced that Atlantic Records will release the album Oct. 18.
The album’s executive producer is rapper Nas; the producer is Mike Elizondo. The album will have 26 songs; the names of the singers have not yet been announced.
The album has been in the works for three years. It is unclear if it will lead to a stage production, but “Hamilton” was initially conceived as a concept album, and there is a history of concept albums evolving into stage productions, from “Jesus Christ Superstar” to “Hadestown.”
“The Warriors,” based on a 1965 novel that in turn
was based on an ancient Greek work, tells the story of a street gang facing a variety of challenges as it retreats from the Bronx borough of New York City to its home base on Coney Island in Brooklyn. The novel, also called “The Warriors,” was written by Sol Yurick, and the ancient Greek text, “Anabasis,” by Xenophon; the film was directed by Walter Hill.
Miranda, 44, is one of the few musical theater composers to become a celebrity based on his stage work. But “Hamilton,” about the nation’s first Treasury secretary, was a rare accomplishment, winning the Pulitzer Prize as well as 11 Tony Awards, including for best musical and Miranda’s book and score.
His other best-known musical is “In the Heights,” for which he wrote the score and lyrics and Quiara Alegría Hudes wrote the book. Since “Hamilton,” he contributed lyrics to the short-lived musical “New York, New York” but has not written a new stage production.
Davis, 53, is a longtime friend of Miranda and has worked as an actress, a playwright, a singer and a screenwriter. She performed on Broadway in “Passing Strange,” and has numerous credits as a performer off-Broadway and on television and film. Among her plays is “Bulrusher.”
By MICHAEL PAULSON
Call it Bill and Ted’s Existentialist Adventure.
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, the actors who incarnated a pair of slacker musicians for three “Bill & Ted” films, are planning to reunite for a Broadway revival of “Waiting for Godot.”
The production, planned for the fall of 2025, will be directed by Jamie Lloyd, one of the hottest directors of the moment, whose work is characterized by a spare aesthetic and an emphasis on psychological intensity.
Lloyd said the project was Reeves’ idea, but that as soon as the actor approached him, “it was a no-brainer that this needed to be done.”
“Their instant chemistry and their shorthand and their friendship is going to be so valuable,” Lloyd said of Reeves and Winter in an interview. “This is a very deeply complex play, as we all know, but it’s also a very funny play, and they’re very witty people and their shared sense of humor in those movies and in real life is going to be very beneficial to the production.”
In “Godot,” Reeves will play Estragon and Winter will play Vladimir, who banter and bicker while waiting for a mysterious figure who never arrives. “Those characters take solace in their companionship as they stumble toward the void,” Lloyd said, adding, “that’s going to be the central the -
sis of the production, with Keanu and Alex’s own friendship.”
“Waiting for Godot,” by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, was first staged in French in 1953 and then in English in 1955. The play was first performed on Broadway in 1956, and has been revived there three times since, most recently in 2013 with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart.
Reeves, the prolific film star of the “Matrix” and “John Wick” series, will be making his Broadway debut with “Godot.” He likes a challenge: In 1995, he played Hamlet in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Winter, who writes and directs in addition to acting, appeared on Broadway twice in the 1970s, when he was a teenager, in musical revivals of “The King and I” and “Peter Pan.”
The two first worked together in 1989 in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” A second film, “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey,” arrived in 1991, and a third, “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” in 2020.
Lloyd, based in London, has become a regular presence in New York. Last year he directed a revival of “A Doll’s House” starring Jessica Chastain, and this fall he will direct a revival of “Sunset Boulevard” starring Nicole Scherzinger.
The “Waiting for Godot” revival is being produced by Lloyd’s production company, as well as ATG Productions, Bad Robot Live (J.J. Abrams’ company) and Gavin Kalin Productions. ATG is a British theater company that has a long
relationship with Lloyd and operates seven Broadway theaters; the production said “Godot” would be staged in one of those ATG theaters.
August 5, 2024
By SHAAN MERCHANT
Aday in Brihuega during the lavender bloom requires only one set plan: Get to the fields by sunset, to view an unexpected, lush swath of purple as far as the eye can see, with the orange glow of the Spanish sun directly behind it.
Brihuega, a small medieval town in the roughly 4,700-square-mile province of Guadalajara and about an hour’s drive from Madrid, is surrounded by farmland, villages and nature preserves of brown and soft-green hues. But each year in summer, on fields where some of the bloodiest battles of the Spanish Civil War were once fought, those colors change with the bloom of a thousand hectares of lavender, the equivalent of about 2,500 acres or 3,000 American football fields.
In the past decade, the lavender harvest has revitalized Brihuega, drawing welcomed visitors — and their euros — with natural beauty rivaling vacation favorites like Provence in France.
“Not to say anything bad about the French, but the Spanish, we’re maybe more — dicharacheros,” said Ángel Corral Manzano, the town’s major lavender farmer, using a difficult-to-translate Spanish term that means outgoing and talkative. “We’re very eager, excited to welcome you.”
Blooming industry
I first learned about Brihuega while studying in the nearby university town of Alcalá de Henares. Craving manchego cheese and jamón Ibérico one afternoon, I stumbled into Vinoteca Esencias del Gourmet, a wine bar. While I feasted on croquetas and cheeses and drank a spicy syrah, the bar owner, Javier Hernandez, told me about his hometown, Brihuega.
For generations, his family was the town churreros, the churro-makers. But like many young people in small Spanish villages, Hernandez left Brihuega.
“I couldn’t see a future,” he said. He wasn’t alone.
“Brihuega was starting to lose its population,” Luís Viejo Esteban, Brihuega’s current mayor, told me later in an email. “That was the trend before we started developing our socioeconomic model, principally on tourism.”
Now, Brihuega is growing, thanks to its lavendercentered tourism. Last July, during peak bloom, more than 120,000 tourists visited, Viejo said. Lavender annually generates between 4 million to 6.5 million euros, roughly $4.3 million to $7 million, according to a study from the University of Alcalá de Henares and Fadeta, a local rural development group.
“If you told me 10 years ago that, thanks to lavender, there would be so much tourism, that so many shops would
field
The Despenalagua waterfalls in the Tajo Alto Nature Reserve in Guadalajara, Spain, on July 1, 2024. Hiking in the park makes for a day trip from nearby Brihuega. (Emilio Parra Doiztua/The New York Times)
open, so many restaurants, I wouldn’t believe you,” Corral said. “We’re just farmers. We live off the land and live for the land.”
Corral and his two brothers started planting lavender in earnest in 2007 after his oldest brother, Andrés, visited Provence and noticed the French region had similar terrain to his home.
Guadalajara already had espliego, a wild, mountain plant in the lavender family that is difficult to cultivate. But the Corral brothers started to grow French lavender, which is used in perfumes and high-end applications, and lavandin, a hybrid plant of espliego and lavender that can be used for commercial products, like cleaners.
“We had planted grains — wheat and barley — but we knew it would be good to diversify,” Corral said. Tourism was never in their minds. They started slowly, planting a few fields of lavender and lavandin at a time. But that grew as the brothers recognized a hectare of lavender — about two and a half acres — could make them a bit more money than a hectare of wheat. They later brought in Emilio Valeros, a Spanish perfumer, and the longtime “nose” for Loewe Perfumes, as a partner in their distillery to transform their crops into oil.
In 2013, the family hosted a sunset concert in their lavender fields, inviting 40 friends to drink beer and lavender gin and tonics. The event’s success evolved into the popular lavender festival the town hosts each July.
A sunset view
During my mid-July visit, I was accompanied by Hernandez. We started at a bar, Los Guerrilleros, drinking icecold beer and eating fresh, shatteringly crisp guerrilleros, the bar’s namesake specialty of tempura-battered shrimp and anchovies. We then roamed the pedestrian-only streets decorated with lavender streamers and hanging purple umbrellas, stopping by the old washing fountains, the bull ring, the cathedral; we picked up lavender-laced cookies from the local bakery and shopped for gifts in the boutiques. Moorish walls surround the town and the Piedra Bermeja Castle, the
roof of which offers picturesque views of the Tajuña River below, where, Hernandez said, the town’s kids learn to swim.
Last fall, Guadalajara’s first five-star hotel, Castilla Termal Brihuega, opened in a converted royal textile mill.
“Brihuega is the ideal site for the opening of Castilla Termal Brihuega for many reasons,” said the hotel’s chief executive, Roberto García, citing the region’s heritage, beauty and proximity to Madrid. The mill’s 19th-century gardens were deemed a cultural heritage site by the Spanish government.
As the sun began to set on my July afternoon visit, we drove out of town to view the lavender fields. We stopped at a scenic lookout and took in the vast fields of lavender on either side: The work of the Hermanos Corral was magnificent.
Family recipes, farther afield
The region’s charm and similarities to Provence do not end in Brihuega’s lavender fields. Guadalajara province boasts a bounty of appealing gastronomy, viticulture, hiking trails and bike routes, and charming stone villages.
The town of Cogolludo, a 45-minute drive north of Brihuega, is home to the Renaissance-style castle, Castillo de Cogolludo, but just outside the town is a winery with a renaissance of its own. La Finca Río Negro is a family-owned estate in the foothills of the Central System mountains, where flat farmland transforms into rocky hills with tall pines. Just
on the other side of the mountains from Spain’s prominent Ribera del Duero wine region, this area once had a winemaking culture of its own.
“This town was important enough to have a palace and dukes; it made a living from viticulture,” said Fernando Fuentes, the Finca’s manager. “But then it was very poor during the postwar period. As people left for the cities, the vineyards were abandoned little by little.”
When Finca Río Negro opened in Cogolludo, there were no other vineyards in the region. “Twenty years ago, we weren’t seen as pioneers, we were just seen as crazy,” Fuentes said. Today, they make award-winning wines and have rediscovered and cultivated a variety of grapes endemic to the region, Tinto Fragoso. It has red fruit flavors with unexpected floral notes and spice from the French oak in which it’s aged.
I also visited Hiendelaencina — a town of under 150, once the site of a silver mine — for the lunch at Mesón Sabory. The decades-old restaurant has been serving locally grown and raised food in a home built in the 1870s. I wasn’t given a menu because they only serve what’s fresh.
My meal started with Patatas bravas: Chunks of crispy potatoes, fluffy inside, with a spicy bravas sauce, a recipe from the mother of Julián Illana, one of the owners. A salad of tomato and sweet onions came next and a plate of liver and heart, cooked with onions. There were more courses — chorizo and torreznos, fried pork belly — then a big black clay pot arrived with two roasted goat legs inside. I tore the tender meat off the bone, and used crusty bread to make little boats, or hacer barquitos, to sop up the juices.
“It’s just salt and water, nothing else,” said Illana. The recipes haven’t changed in 50 years. The suckling goats
come from their family farm, and the clay ovens used for roasting are almost a century old. Thyme and rockrose are added to the flame and impress their flavor onto the goat that had roamed this land, eating these aromatics.
“The days you want to eat simple, honest, traditional food — that’s a good day to come to us,” Illana said.
After lunch, I drove west to Valverde de los Arroyos, one of the stops along the Route of Black Villages in Guadalajara, a series of villages built in slate. In Valverde, quartz specks make the stone shine gold in the sun, creating an otherworldly glint, like dragon scales. It’s also a starting point for several hikes in the Tajo Alto Nature Reserve. I opted for a short one, an hour up to the Despeñalagua waterfalls that come streaming down from the cliffs above.
Back in Alcalá de Henares, I asked Hernandez how he felt about the renaissance of his hometown.
“I’m so proud. There was a long history of the village, and now there are many more stories to be told,” Hernandez said. “I didn’t always see its future, but now I do, thanks to tourism, thanks to the lavender.”
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Demandante, Vs. ORLANDO BATAY
CANALES POR SI Y COMO MIEMBRO DE LA SUCESION DE MARISOL ORTIZ VARGAS COMPUESTA ADEMAS POR SOLMARIE BATAY ORTIZ, JERY BATAY ORTIZ, KEILYANI BATAY ORTIZ, JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO DESCONOCIDOS, POSIBLES HEREDEROS
Demandados
CIVIL NUM. FBCI201001088.
SOBRE: EJECUCION DE HIPOTECA POR LA VIA ORDINARIA IN REM. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO. SS.
A: LA PARTE
DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO
GENERAL:
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Carolina, en el caso de epígrafe procederá a vender en pública subasta al mejor postor en efectivo, cheque gerente, giro postal, cheque certificado en moneda legal de los Estados Unidos de América al nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, en de de la mañana todo derecho título, mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 19 de Agosto de 2024, a las 9:30 am de la mañana todo derecho titulo, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el número 565 en el plano de parcelación de la Comunidad Rural San Isidro del Barrio Canóvanas
del término municipal de Canóvanas, antes Loiza, con una cabida superficial de 0.0763 cuerdas, equivalente a 300.00 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, Con la parcela número 564; por el SUR, con la parcela número 566; por el ESTE, Con laAutoridad de Tierras de Puerto Rico; por el OESTE, con la Calle Número 21. Consta inscrita al folio 217 del tomo 150 de Canóvanas, finca número 7581, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección Tercera de Carolina.- Propiedad localizada en: Bo. San lsidro, 565 Calle 21, Canóvanas, PR 00729. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución no está gravada por cargas anteriores o posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo mínimo de subasta la suma de $70,950.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una segunda subasta por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, 9:30 am de la mañana y se establece como mínima ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina, el 26 de agosto de 2024, a las 9:30 am de la mañana y se estable como minima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $47,300.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínimo establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como minima para la tercera subasta, la suma de $35,475.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Carolina el 3 de septiembre de 2024, a las 9:30 am de la mañana. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $62,538.93, rebajado mediante plan de pagos por la Corte de Quiebra a la suma de $60,106.70, reba-
jado mediante plan de pagos por la Corte de Quiebra a la suma de $59,375.15, rebajado mediante plan de pagos por la Corte de Quiebra a la suma de $59,124.33, rebajado mediante plan de pagos por la Corte de Quiebra a la suma de $58,218.05, más los intereses sobre dicha suma al 8.50% anual, desde el día 1ro. de junio de 2012, hasta su total y completo pago, más la suma líquida de $7,095.00 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado, y aguellas cantidades pactadas en la escritura de hipoteca como seguro hipotecario y recargos adeudados desde la fecha antes mencionada y hasta el toda saldo de la obligación. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algůn interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaria del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico
The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 3 de junio de 2024. Gretchen M Jerez Seda, ALGUACIL DE SUBASTAS TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA
INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAROLINA SALA SUPERIOR. **
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL GENERAL DE JUSTICIA TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA
INSTANCIA SALA DE MAYAGÜEZ ORIENTAL BANK
Demandante V. JOHN DOE & RICHARD ROE
Demandados Civil Núm.: MZ2024CV01102. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE
HIPOTECA CON INSTRUMENTO EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R.,
SS.
A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE, PERSONAS DESCONOCIDAS QUE SE DESIGNAN CON ESTOS NOMBRES FICTICIOS, QUE PUEDAN SER TENEDOR O TENEDORES, O PUEDAN TENER ALGÚN INTERÉS EN EL PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO A QUE SE HACE REFERENCIA MÁS ADELANTE EN EL PRESENTE EDICTO, QUE SE PUBLICARÁ UNA SOLA VEZ.
Se les notifica que en la Demanda radicada en el caso de epígrafe se alega que el 31 de marzo de 1998, se otorgó un pagaré a favor de RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma de $28,000.00 de principal, con intereses al 7 7/8% anual, con vencimiento el 1 de abril de 2018, ante el notario Mario A. Rivera Vega. En garantía del pagaré antes descrito se otorgó la escritura de hipoteca número 395, en Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, el 14 de diciembre de 1996, ante el notario Juan Surillo Pumarada, inscrita al folio 1 del tomo 1287 de Mayagüez, finca 12634, inscripción 6, Registro de la Propiedad de Mayagüez. El inmueble gravado mediante la hipoteca antes descrita es la finca 12634 inscrita al folio 164 del tomo 438 de Mayagüez, Registro de la Propiedad de Mayagüez. La obligación evidenciada por el pagaré antes descrito fue saldada en su totalidad. Dicho gravamen no ha podido ser cancelado por haberse extraviado el original del pagaré. El original del pagaré antes descrito no ha podido ser localizado, a pesar de las gestiones realizadas. Oriental Bank es el acreedor que consta en el Registro de la Propiedad. Se desconoce quién fue el último tenedor del pagaré antes descrito. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al tribunal su alegación responsiva dentro de los 30 días de haber sido publicado este emplazamiento, excluyéndose el día del diligenciamiento. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Ma-
nejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la mismas al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante o a ésta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Además, se la apercibe que, en los casos al amparo de la Ley Núm. 572029, titulada Ley para la Prevención del Maltrato, Preservación de la Unidad Familiar y para la Seguridad, Bienestar y Protección de los Menores, entre los remedios que el Tribunal podrá conceder se incluyen la ubicación permanente de un (una) menos fuera de su hogar, el inicio de procesos para la privación de patria potestad, y cualquier otra medida en el mejor interés del (de la) menor. (Artículo 33, incisos b y f de la Ley Núm. 57-2023). Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Representa a la parte demandante el Lcdo. Javier Montalvo Cintrón, RUA #17,682, Delgado Fernández, LLC, PO Box 11750, Fernández Juncos Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-1750. Tel. [787] 274-1414, jmontalvo@ delgadofernandez.com. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy 23 de julio de 2024. LCDA. NORMA G. SANTANA IRIZARRY, SECRETARIA. BETSY SANTIAGO GONZÁLEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.
Demandante V. JUAN MANUEL MELENDEZ REYES Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV02506. (Salón: 906 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. FERNANDO J. GIERBOLINI GONZÁLEZ - FGIERBOLINI@ MSGLAWPR.COM. LISA E. BHATIA GAUTIERLISA.BHATIA@USDOJ.GOV. A: JUAN MANUEL MELENDEZ REYES POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON ELIZABETH DIAZ MONTALVO; ELIZABETH DIAZ MONTALVO POR SI Y EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA CON JUAN MANUEL MELÉNDEZ; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 24 de julio de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 24 de julio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MYRNA D. VILLEGAS TRINIDAD, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
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NAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN WENDELL W. COLON LAW OFFICE, LLC.
Demandante V. LA AUTORIDAD PARA EL FINANCIAMIENTO DE VIVIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV04160. (Salón: 803 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARJALIISA COLÓN VILLANUEVAMCOLON@WWCLAW.COM. TANIA E. URIARTE MENDEZURIARTETANIA@HOTMAIL.COM. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS, TANIA E URIARTE MENDEZ. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 23 de julio de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 29 de julio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. MARILY LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN BANCO POPULAR
DE PUERTO RICO; POPULAR MORTGAGE, INC.
Demandante V. MR. COOPER Y OTROS
Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: SJ2024CV02475. (Salón: 807 CIVIL). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO. MARITZA DEL CARMEN GUZMÁN MATOS - MGUZMAN@ PARTNERSLEGALSERVICESPR. COM.
A: MR. COOPER; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 29 de julio de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 29 de julio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. ÁNGELA RIVERA HERNÁNDEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE BAYAMÓN SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYNABO THE MONEY HOUSE, INC. Demandante V. LA SUCESION DE ROMUALDO RIVERA ANDRINI Y OTROS Demandado(a) Caso Núm.: GB2022CV00697. (Salón: 201). Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA: PRO-
PIEDAD RESIDENCIAL. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO ENMENDADA. ANDRÉS SÁEZ MARREROPRSERVICE@TMPPLLC.COM.
A: RICARDO RIVERA FURQUET, CARLOS RIVERA FURQUET, GERARDO RIVERA FURQUET Y FULANA DE TAL, COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION DE ROMUALDO RIVERA ANDRINI, TAMBIÉN CONOCIDO COMO ROMUALDO RIVERA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 06 de marzo de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 29 de julio de 2024. Notas de la Secretaría: SE ENMIENDA A LOS FINES DE EMITIR NUEVAMENTE LA NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO SEGÚN ORDENADO POR EL JUEZ. En Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, el 29 de julio de 2024. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. DIAMAR GONZÁLEZ BARRETO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN COMUNIDADES
PROTECTORAS DEL RÍO PIEDRAS INC., EN REPRESENTACIÓN DE LOS VECINOS DEL RÍO
PIEDRAS, FRANCES ALEMÁN FERNÁNDEZ, PEDRO BORRAS RODRÍGUEZ, DINARY
CAMACHO SIERRA, LYDIA PUENTE COLÓN, ELSA RODRÍGUEZ
LÓPEZ, JOSÉ JIMÉNEZ MONROIG, ROSARIO CALDERÓN JULIA, CYNTHIA MANFRED FERNÁNDEZ, JUAN DE DIOS ANGULO
BALLESTEROS, EDDIE ANTÚNEZ REYES, EVA
L. ARZOLA DELGADO, GRACIELA JOSELIN BELAVAL BRUNO, ANA DESEDA BELAVAL, GRACE M. DÍAZ
PASTRANA, ARNALDO FIGUEROA FIGUEROA, DANIEL GONZÁLEZ CHACÓN, SOFÍA GONZÁLEZ URRUTIA, VLADIMIR MORALES RIVERA ERMINIA
PINEDA-MUNTAL, MADELAIN ROMERO FRESNEDA, MARÍA E. HERNÁNDEZ TORRALES, MARYLIN MÁRTIR GAYA, MIGDALIA RAMOS RODRÍGUEZ, PEDRO
DELIZ BENIQUEZ, RICARDO VÉLEZ
GONZÁLEZ,VANESSA
GIRALDI MENA Y VANESSA DEL C. IRIZARRY
Demandantes V. DEPARTAMENTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AMBIENTALES; MUNICIPIO AUTÓNOMO DE SAN JUAN; UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO; SUTANO Y MENGANO, PERSONAS JURÍDICAS O NATURALES CON INTERÉS EN EL PROYECTO DE CONTROL INUNDACIONES DEL RÍO PIEDRAS
Demandados Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV06782. Sobre: INTERDICTO PRELIMINAR Y PERMANENTE; SENTENCIA DECLARATORIA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: SUTANO Y MENGANO, PERSONAS JURÍDICAS O NATURALES CON INTERÉS LEGÍTIMO EN EL PROYECTO DE CONTROL/MITIGACIÓN DE INUNDACIONES DEL RÍO PIEDRAS.
Quedan emplazados y notificados que en este Tribunal se ha radicado Demanda sobre
interdicto preliminar y permanente; sentencia declaratoria, en la que se solicita respetuosamente del Honorable Tribunal que emita un interdicto preliminar y permanente suspendiendo las operaciones del Proyecto, emita una sentencia declaratoria prohibiendo el Proyecto, y otorgue cualquier otro remedio que en derecho proceda. Se advierte que si no contesta(n) la demanda dentro del término de treinta (30) días de la publicación de este Edicto, se le anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia en su contra, concediendo el remedio solicitado, sin más citarle ni oírle. Deberá radicar el original de la contestación a la demanda a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal y sala que se menciona en el epígrafe de este edicto con copia a la parte aquí demandante a través de la Lcda. Graciela Belaval, Estudio Belaval, PO Box 193785 San Juan PR 00919-3785, Tel. 787-562-4295, Email: estudiobelaval@gmail.com. Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, hoy 29 de julio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. IDALISSE SÁEZ ORTIZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO. LIME HOMES, LTD. Plaintiff, v. MARCELO TORCHIO GOMEZ
Defendants Civil Action Num.: 19-cv-01833 (JAG). Matter: Foreclosure of Mortgage. NOTICE OF SALE. TO: MARCELO TORCHIO GOMEZ: AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC:
WHEREAS: On January 24th, 2023, Default Judgment was entered and grated day in favor of Plaintiff to recover from defendants the principal amount of $250,423.40, plus interests at a rate of 2.50% per annum since November 1, 2018, which continues to accrue until the debit is paid in full, late charged on the amount of 5.00% of each and any monthly installment not received by the note holder within 15 days after the installment is due, all advances made in accordance with the
mortgage note including, but not limited to, insurance premiums, taxes and inspections as well as 10% ($17,460.00) to cover costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees guaranteed under the mortgage obligation. The records of the case and of these proceedings may be examined by interested parties at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, Room 150 or 400 Federal Office Building, 150 Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. WHEREAS: Pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned Judgment, Order of Execution, and the Writ of Execution thereof, the undersigned Special Master or its appointee was ordered to sell at public auction for U.S. currency in cash or certified check without appraisement or right of redemption to the highest bidder and at the following address: Rondapro, 441 Calle E, Frailes Industrial Park, Guaynabo, 00969, Puerto Rico (18.3698414, -66.1125080), to cover the sums adjudged to be paid to the plaintiff, the following property described in Spanish: URBANA: Propiedad Horizontal: Condominio Los Pinos de Carolina Norte. Apartamento: G-3 Oeste. Cabida: 55.58 metros cuadrados. Colindando el mismo por el NORTE, con el apartamento G dos Oeste; por el SUR, con el apartamento G cuatro Oeste; por el ESTE, con el patio central Sur del Condominio; y por el OESTE, con el pasillo central del piso, por donde tiene su puerta de entrada el apartamento por cuyo pasillo tiene salida el apartamento al vestíbulo central y a las demás áreas comunes del piso terrero de ambos edificios del condómino y a sus patios circundantes y a la calle en la colindancia Norte del solar. Le corresponde un área de estacionamiento marcado con el número y letra del apartamento. Enmendada la descripción Registral de este apartamento en cuanto a lo siguiente: que por error o inadvertencia en las operaciones Registrales al momento de individualizar este apartamento conforme a la escritura número 770, al Registro expresó incorrectamente el número del apartamento como 3-G Oeste, cuando lo correcto es que dicho apartamento fue descrito en la referida escritura como el apartamento G-3, Oeste, quedando nuevamente descrita la propiedad conforma a dicha escritura como se describió nuevamente al comienzo; segón Instancia suscrita el día 20 de septiembre de 2015, ante la notario Frances I. Ascencio Guido, inscrito al tomo Karibe de Carolina, finca número 31,628, inscripción 7ma. The property is recorded
at Page 127 of Volume 598 of Carolina, Property Registry of Puerto Rico, and lot number 31,628, First Section of Caguas. The deed of mortgage is recorded at Page 213 of Volume 941 of Carolina, Property Registry of Puerto Rico, and lot number 31,628, 6th inscription. Property address: Condominio Los Pinos, Apartamento G-3, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00979. The deed of mortgage is recorded at Page 213 of Volume 941 of Carolina, Property Registry of Carolina, Sixth Section. WHEREAS: This property is subject to the following liens: Senior Liens: NONE. Junior Liens: NONE. Other Liens: NONE. Potential bidders are advised to verify the extent of preferential liens with the holders thereof. It shall be understood that each bidder accepts as sufficient the title and that prior and preferential liens to the one being foreclosed upon, including but not limited to any property tax, liens, (express, tacit, implied or legal) shall continue in effect it being understood further that the successful bidder accepts them and is subrogated in the responsibility for the same and that the bid price shall not be applied toward their cancellation. THEREFORE, the FIRST public sale shall be held on the September 20, 2024 at 9:45 am. The minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $174,600.00. In the event said first auction does not produce a bidder and the property is not adjudicated, a SECOND public auction shall be held on the September 27, 2024 at 9:45 am, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum $116,400.00, which is two-thirds of the amount of the minimum bid for the first public sale. If a second auction does not result in the adjudication and sale of the property, a THIRD public auction will be held on the October 4, 2024 at 9:45 am, and the minimum bid that will be accepted is the sum of $88,300.00, which is one-half of the minimum bid in the first public sale. Should there be no award or adjudication at the third public sale, the property may be awarded to the creditor for the entire amount of its debt if it is equal to or less than the amount of the minimum bid of the third public sale, crediting this amount to the amount owed if it is greater. The undersigned Special Master shall not accept in payment of the property to be sold anything but United States currency (cash), or certified checks, except in case the property is sold and adjudicated to the plaintiff, in which case the amount of the bid made by said plaintiff shall be credited and deducted from
its credit; said plaintiff being bound to pay in cash or certified check only any excess of its bid over the secured indebtedness that remains unsatisfied. WHEREAS: Said sale to be made by the undersigned Special Master subject to confirmation by the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and the deed of conveyance and possession to the property will be executed and delivered only after such confirmation. Upon confirmation of the sale, an order shall be issued cancelling all junior liens. For further particulars, reference is made to the judgment entered by the Court in this case, which can be examined in the Office of Clerk of the United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 31 day of july, 2024. By: Josel Ronda, Special Master.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO: UNKNOWN JOHN DOE OR ANYONE CLAIMING PATERNITY OF KIRA ZOE OCASIO, FEMALE, BORN OCTOBER 21, 2014 IN PUERTO RICO. THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD IS ROSA LEE OCASIO.
A petition has been filed and a hearing has been scheduled to put an end to all rights you have to your child, Kira Zoe Ocasio. That hearing will be held in the Courtroom of Judge Jill M. Scheidt, Berks County Courthouse, 633 Court Street, Reading, PA on August 19, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. If you fail to attend the hearing, the hearing will go on without you and the Court may end your rights to your child, Kira Zoe Ocasio. You have the right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer. You should take this paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not have a lawyer, contact the office set forth below to find out where you can get legal help: Lawyers’ Referral Service of Berks County Berks County Bar Association 544 Court Street Reading, PA 19601 Telephone No. 610-375-4591
To obtain a copy of the Petition for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights prior to the hearing date listed above, or if you have any questions, please contact Berks County Children and Youth Services at: Taylor S. Davis, Esquire
Jennifer K. O’Neil, Esquire
Ashley M. Trimble, Esquire
Christopher M. Tarantino, Esquire
Attorney for Berks County Children and Youth Services Berks County Services Center 633 Court Street, 11th Floor Reading, Pennsylvania 196014323
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AVISO IMPORTANTE PARA: JOHN DOE DESCONOCIDO O CUALQUIER PERSONA QUE AFIRME LA PATERNIDAD DE KIRA ZOE OCASIO, FEMENINO, NACIDO EL 14 DE OCTUBRE DE 2014 EN PUERTO RICO. EL MADRE LA NIÑA ES ROSA LEE OCASIO.
Se ha presentado una solicitud y se ha programado una audiencia para quitarle los derechos que tiene sobre tu hija, Kira Lee Ocasio. Esa audiencia se llevará a cabo en la Sala del Tribunal del juez Jill M. Scheidt, Berks County Courthouse (Palacio de Justicia del condado de Berks), 633 Court Street, Reading, PA, el día 14 de agosto de 2024 a las 9:00 a.m. Si no asiste a la audiencia, esta se llevará a cabo sin su presencia y el Tribunal podrá quitarle los derechos sobre su hija, Kira Lee Ocasio. Tiene derecho a que un abogado la represente en la audiencia. Debe entregarle este papel a su abogado de inmediato. Si no cuenta con un abogado, comuníquese con la oficina que se indica a continuación para saber dónde puede obtener asesoramiento legal: Lawyers’ Referral Service of Berks County Berks County Bar Association 544 Court Street Reading, PA 19601. No de teléfono: 610-375-459. Para obtener una copia de la Solicitud de cese involuntario de la patria potestad antes de la fecha de la audiencia antes mencionada, o ante cualquier consulta, comuníquese con los Servicios para Niños y Jóvenes del Condado de Berks: Taylor S. Davis, Abogada
Jennifer K. O’Neil, Abogada
Ashley M. Trimble, Abogada
Christopher M. Tarantino, Abogado Abogado del condado de Berks Children and Youth Services Berks County Services Center 633 Court Street, 11th Floor Reading, Pennsylvania 19601-4323
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
Parte Demandante Vs. RG PREMIER BANK OF PUERTO RICO; SCOTIABANK DE PUERTO RICO AHORA ORIENTAL BANK; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: BY2024CV04012. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE. UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD ROE COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS.
POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá radicar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr/ sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá radicar el original de su contestación ante el Tribunal correspondiente y notifique con copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, Lcda. Marjaliisa Colón Villanueva, al PO BOX 7970, Ponce, P.R. 00732; Teléfono: 787-8434168. En dicha demanda se tramita un procedimiento de cancelación de pagare extraviado. Se alega en dicho procedimiento que el pagaré es a favor de RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, y/o Scotiabank de Puerto Rico ahora Oriental Bank, principal de ciento dieciséis mil cuatrocientos cincuenta dólares ($116,450.00), intereses al seis punto veinticinco por ciento (6.25%) anual, vencedero el primero (1ro) de enero de dos mil treinta y cinco (2035), según consta del testimonio número mil novecientos setenta y cuatro (1974) de la escritura número cuatrocientos treinta y nueve (439) otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el veintiocho (28) de diciembre de dos mil cuatro (2004) ante el notario Ricardo A. Ceballos Columna. Inscrita al folio ciento once (111) del tomo quinientos cuarenta y seis (546) de Toa Baja, finca número seis mil novecientos trece (6913), inscripción séptima (7ma). Que, además, se incluyó como demandados a
John Doe y Richard Roe como personas cuya identidad se desconoce y pudieran tener algún interés sobre el pagaré hipotecario que más adelante se relacionará. Que la propiedad sobre la cual se constituyó dicha hipoteca es la siguiente: URBANA: Solar número ciento cincuenta y cuatro (154) dl plano de inscripción del Proyecto de Viviendas bajo costo denominado número VBC guion veintiocho (VBC-28), radicado en el Barrio Media Luna de Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, con una cabida superficial de trescientos diecisiete punto cero cuatro (317.04) metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número ciento cincuenta y cinco (155); por el SUR, con el solar número ciento cincuenta y tres (153) y acera; por el ESTE, con el solar número ciento cuarenta y dos (142); por el OESTE con la calle número dos (2). Inscrita al folio ciento once (111) del tomo ciento seis (106) de Toa Baja, finca número seis mil novecientos trece (6913) del Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón Sección Segunda (2da). 5. Que la hipoteca a la cual se ha hecho referencia aparece inscrita en el Registro de la Propiedad de San Juan Sección Cuarta (4ta). SE LES APERCIBE que, de no hacer sus alegaciones responsivas a la demanda dentro del término aquí dispuesto, se les anotará la rebeldía y se dictará Sentencia, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal en Bayamón, Puerto Rico. A 12 de julio de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. ANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. MARÍA E. COLLAZO, SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Parte Demandante V. JOSE I. QUESADA MONTALVO
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV01822. Salón: 603. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO Y REPOSESIÓN. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE P.R., SS.
A: JOSE I.
QUESADA MONTALVO - 67 CALLE POPULAR, SAN JUAN PR 00910. Se le emplaza y requiere que
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conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudial.pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal, con copia al abogado de la parte demandante: Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882 Po Box 194089, San Juan PR 00919 Teléfono: (787) 296-9500 Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com
Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar al 21 de noviembre de 2023, la parte demandada adeuda a FirstBank la cantidad de $36,987.29 de principal; más cargos por mora los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más una suma equivalente al 30% del total adeudado para honorarios de abogados según pactado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, a 21 de junio de 224. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. DIANA C. PÉREZ SIERRA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA REGIÓN JUDICIAL DE GUAYAMA SALA SUPERIOR DE GUAYAMA CENTURION INSURANCE AGENCY, POR SÍ Y COMO PARTE INTERESADA Demandante V. ORIENTAL BANK, COMO CUSTODIO DE LOS EXPEDIENTES DE RG PREMIER BANK OF PUERTO RICO; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE Demandados Civil Núm.: AY2024CV00019. Sala: 302. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ HIPOTECARIO. EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S.
A: JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE. Quedan notificados que la demandante de epígrafe ha radicado en este Tribunal una Demanda contra la parte demandada en la que se solicita la cancelación por la vía judicial de un Pagaré hipotecario extraviado a favor de RG Premier Bank of Puerto Rico, o a su orden, por la suma principal de $70,600.00 e intereses al 7 5/8% anual y vencimiento el día 1ro de febrero de 2011, suscrito bajo el testimonio número 1,555, mediante la Escritura Número 10 otorgada en Ponce, Puerto Rico ante el notario público Alfonso Prats Lazzarini, inscrita al folio 257 del tomo 157 de Arroyo, finca número 5927, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guayama, inscripción 2da. El descrito Pagaré hipotecario grava la propiedad que se describe a continuación: URBANA: PROPIEDAD HORIZONTAL: Villa número dieciocho (18). Villa residencial de forma rectangular de dos niveles en hilera localizado en el Condominio Villas de Punta Guilarte, situado en los Barrios Palmas y Cuatro Calles del municipio de Arroyo, Puerto Rico. Esta villa tiene un área superficial de aproximadamente mil once pies cuadrados (1011.00 pc), equivalentes a noventa y cuatro punto cero cinco metros cuadrados (94.05 mc). Son sus lindes por el NORTE, en distancia de doce punto cinco pies lineales (12.50 pl), con su área exterior de elemento común; por el SUR, en distancia de doce punto cinco pies lineales (12.50 pl), con un área exterior de elemento común; por el ESTE, en distancia de cuarenta y dos pies lineales (42.00 pl), con un área exterior de elemento común y por el OESTE, en distancia de cuarenta y dos metros (42.00 m), con la villa número diecisiete (17) y un área exterior de elemento común. Consta el primer nivel de cocina, salacomedor, área de lavandería, un medio baño, terraza y escalera que conduce al segundo nivel; el segundo nivel consiste de dos (2) dormitorios, un baño y balcón. La puerta principal de entrada y salida está localizada en su lado Norte, en su lado Sur, tiene otra puerta que conduce a una terraza, que a su vez conduce al patio exterior asignado a esta villa y a los elementos comunes del condominio. A esta villa le corresponde (2) espacios de estacionamiento asignados que se identifican como los números dieciocho (18) y dieciocho guion “A” (18-A); también goza del uso exclusivo de un área de patio en su
lado Sur que es un elemento común limitado, con un ancho de trece pies lineales (13.00 pl) y un largo de nueve pies lineales (9.00 pl), cuya área será mantenida por el propietario y la misma no puede ser ampliada, cercada ni habilitada para otro uso que no sea espacio abierto. A esta villa le corresponde una participación en los elementos comunes Generales del condominio de uno punto cincuenta y tres por ciento (1.53%). Inscrita al folio doscientos cincuenta y seis (256) del tomo ciento cincuenta y siete (157) de Arroyo, finca número cinco mil novecientos veintisiete (5,927), Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico, Sección de Guayama. Se les advierte que el presente Edicto se publicará en un periódico de circulación general una sola vez y se le requiere para que contesten la Demanda de epígrafe dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación del edicto, radicando el original de su contestación en el Tribunal correspondiente y notificando con copia de la misma a la parte demandante a la siguiente dirección: BUFETE APONTE & CORTÉS
LCDA. ERIKA MORALES MARENGO PO Box 195337 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919-5337 Tel. (787) 239-5661 / Email: emarengo@apontecortes.com Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// unired.ramajudicial.pr/sumac/, salvo que se presente por derecho propio. Se le apercibe que de no hacerlo, el tribunal podrá dictar Sentencia en rebeldía concediendo el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin citarle ni oírle. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello del Tribunal, hoy día 23 de mayo de 2024.
MARISOL ROSADO RODRÍGUEZ, SECRETARIA. CELIMARIE COLÓN GONZÁLEZ, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE PONCE FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. TIFFANY ESCOBAR
Demandados
Civil Núm.: PO2024CV000671. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: TIFFANY ESCOBAR - 3 CALLE 8 BARRIADA FERRAN, PONCE PR 00730.
DE: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO.
Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Incumplimiento de Contrato y Cobro de Dinero en que la parte demandante solicita que se condene al demandado a pagar la suma principal de $10,738.17 por la tarjeta bancaria, más los intereses acumulados hasta el total y completo pago de la deuda; más los cargos por demora acumulados los cuales se continúan acumulando hasta el pago total y completo de la deuda; más una suma por costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado equivalente a un diez por ciento (10%) del montante de esta obligación. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.
Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos, Número del Tribunal Supremo 16,882 Po Box 194089, San Juan PR 00919 Teléfono: (787) 296-9500, Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy 28 de junio de 2024. CARMEN G. TIRÚ QUIÑONES, SECRETARIA. JOAN M. ROSARIO ALBINO, SUB-SECRETARIA.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE BAYAMÓN
LLACG COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND
Demandante Vs. SUCESION PEDRO AVILES LANDRON T/C/C PEDRO AVILES COMPUESTA POR ELBA AVILES, SANDRA AVILES; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO
DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados Civil Núm.: BY2023CV07321. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EDICTO DE SUBASTA. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: LA PARTE DEMANDADA, AL (A LA) SECRETARIO(A) DE HACIENDA DE PUERTO RICO Y AL PÚBLICO GENERAL:
Certifico y Hago Constar: Que en cumplimiento con el Mandamiento de Ejecución de Sentencia que me ha sido dirigido por el (la) Secretario(a) del Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Bayamón, en el caso de epígrafe, venderé en pública subasta y al mejor postor, por separado, de contado y por moneda de curso legal de los Estados Unidos de América y/o Giro Postal y Cheque Certificado, en mi oficina ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 29 DE AGOSTO DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, todo derecho título, participación o interés que le corresponda a la parte demandada o cualquiera de ellos en el inmueble hipotecado objeto de ejecución que se describe a continuación: “URBANA: Solar identificado con el número 116 en el plano de inscripción levantado por la Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda de Puerto Rico par su proyecto de solares a bajo costo, denominado VBC-11 y mejor conocido por Urbanización La Pastosa, sita en el barrio Juan Sánchez del término municipal de Bayamón con un área de 290.58 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con el solar número 117 de la referida Urbanización en una distancia de 11.75 metros; por el SUR, con la Calle “F” de la referida Urbanización en una distancia de 11.99 metros; por el ESTE, con paseo C de la mencionada Urbanización en una distancia de 25.93 metros; y por el OESTE, con el solar número 115 en una distancia de 23.53 metros.” Inscrita al folio 174 del tomo 1889 de Bayamón Sur, finca 20338, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I. La Hipoteca Revertida consta inscrita al folio 174 del tomo 1889 de Bayamón Sur, finca 20338, Registro de la Propiedad de Bayamón, Sección I, inscripción 6ª. Propiedad localizada en ALTURAS DE BAYAMON, 116 CALLE F, SECTOR LA PASTOSA, BA-
YAMON, PR 00956. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas anteriores o preferentes: Nombre del Titular: N/A. Suma de la Carga: N/A. Fecha de Vencimiento: N/A. Según figuran en la certificación registral, la propiedad objeto de ejecución está gravada por las siguientes cargas posteriores a la inscripción del crédito ejecutante: Nombre del Titular: Secretario de la Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano. Suma de la Carga: $135,000.00. Fecha de Vencimiento: 20 de junio de 2087. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad de la propiedad y que todas las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes al crédito ejecutante antes descritos, si los hubiere, continuarán subsistentes. El rematante acepta dichas cargas y gravámenes anteriores, y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate. Se establece como tipo de mínima subasta la suma de $135,000.00, según acordado entre las partes en el precio pactado en la escritura de hipoteca. De ser necesaria una SEGUNDA SUBASTA por declararse desierta la primera, la misma se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 5 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, y se establece como mínima para dicha segunda subasta la suma de $90,000.00, 2/3 partes del tipo mínima establecido originalmente. Si tampoco se produce remate ni adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se establece como mínima para la TERCERA SUBASTA, la suma de $67,500.00, la mitad (1/2) del precio pactado y dicha subasta se celebrará en mi oficina, ubicada en el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala de Bayamón, Cuarto Piso, Oficina de Alguaciles de Subastas, el 12 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA. Dicha subasta se llevará a cabo para, con su producto satisfacer a la parte demandante, el importe de la Sentencia dictada a su favor ascendente a la suma de $130,453.37 por concepto de principal, más la suma de $5,060.47 en intereses acumulados al 30 de abril de 2024 y los cuales continúan acumulándose a razón de 5.250% anual hasta su total y completo pago; $2,203.88 en adelantos pendientes; más la cantidad de 10% del pagare original en la suma de $13,500.00, para gastos, costas y honorarios de abogado. A tenor con la Regla
44.3 de Procedimiento Civil se condena a la parte demandada a pagar intereses aplicables sobre el importe de la presente sentencia incluyendo costas y honorarios de abogado, desde esta fecha y hasta que sea satisfecha. La venta en pública subasta de la referida propiedad se verificará libre de toda carga o gravamen posterior que afecte la mencionada finca, a cuyo efecto se notifica y se hace saber la fecha, hora y sitio de la PRIMERA, SEGUNDA Y TERCERA SUBASTA, si esto fuera necesario, a los efectos de que cualquier persona o personas con algún interés puedan comparecer a la celebración de dicha subasta. Se notifica a todos los interesados que las actas y demás constancias del expediente de este caso están disponibles en la Secretaría del Tribunal durante horas laborables para ser examinadas por los (las) interesados (as). Y para su publicación en el periódico The San Juan Daily Star, que es un diario de circulación general en la isla de Puerto Rico, por espacio de dos semanas consecutivas con un intervalo de por lo menos siete (7) días entre ambas publicaciones, así como para su publicación en los sitios públicos de Puerto Rico. Expedido en Bayamón, Puerto Rico, hoy 18 de julio de 2024. FRANCES TORRES, ALGUACIL REGIONAL. EDGARDO ELÍAS VARGAS SANTANA, ALGUACIL AUXILIAR PLACA #193.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE FAJARDO BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Parte Demandante Vs. LA SUCESIÓN DE JORGE LUIS ORTIZ TORRES T/C/C JORGE ORTIZ TORRES COMPUESTA POR MYRIALIS ORTIZ SÁNCHEZ, JORGE ISAAC ORTIZ SÁNCHEZ, FULANO Y MENGANO DE TAL, POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS, DEPARTAMENTO DE HACIENDA POR CONDUCTO DE LA DIVISIÓN DE CAUDALES RELICTOS, CENTRO DE RECAUDACIÓN DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES (CRIM) Civil Núm.: FA2024CV00107. Sala: (303). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO Y EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA POR LA VÍA ORDINARIA. ESTADOS UNI-
DOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. AVISO DE PÚBLICA SUBASTA. El Alguacil que suscribe por la presente anuncia y hace constar que en cumplimiento de la Sentencia en Rebeldía del 7 de mayo de 2024, la Orden de Ejecución de Sentencia del 21 de junio de 2024 y el Mandamiento de Ejecución del 24 de junio de 2024 en el caso de epígrafe, procederé a vender día 3 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA en el Primer Piso, Suite 137 de la Oficina del Alguacil de Subastas, localizada en el Centro Judicial de Fajardo, Sala Superior, Avenida Marcelito Gotay, Edificio 461, Esquina
Barriada Jerusalén, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, al mejor postor en pago de contado y en moneda de los Estados Unidos de América, cheque de gerente o giro postal a nombre del Alguacil del Tribunal; todo título, derecho o interés de la parte demandada sobre la siguiente propiedad: RÚSTICA: Parcela marcada con el #266 de la Comunidad Rural Malpica del Barrio Ciénaga Baja del término municipal de Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, con cabida superficial de 3979.75 metros cuadrados. En lindes por el NORTE, con la parcela #258-A y la calle de la comunidad; por el SUR, con la parcela #270 de la comunidad; por el ESTE, con la parcela #277 de la comunidad; y por el OESTE, con la parcela #265-A y acceso público de la comunidad. Inscrita al folio 56 del tomo 386 de Río Grande, Finca 23165, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. La hipoteca consta inscrita al tomo Karibe de Río Grande, Finca 23165, Registro de la Propiedad de Carolina, Sección III. Inscripción cuarta. DIRECCIÓN FÍSICA: COMUNIDAD RURAL MALPICA 266 CALLE 18 RÍO GRANDE PR 00745. Número de Catastro: 22-118-072-522-19-000. El tipo mínimo para la primera subasta será de $86,067.00. De no haber adjudicación en la primera subasta se celebrará una SEGUNDA SUBASTA, el 10 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será de dos terceras partes del tipo mínimo fijado en la primera subasta, o sea, $57,378.00 De no haber adjudicación en la segunda subasta, se celebrará una TERCERA SUBASTA, el día 17 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2024, A LAS 9:30 DE LA MAÑANA, en el mismo lugar, en la cual el tipo mínimo será la mitad del precio pactado, o sea, $43,033.50. Si se declarase desierta la tercera subasta, se
adjudicará la finca a favor del acreedor por la totalidad de la cantidad adeudada si ésta es igual o menor que el monto del tipo de la tercera subasta, si el tribunal lo estima conveniente. Se abonará dicho monto a la cantidad adeudada si ésta es mayor. Dicho remate se llevará a cabo para con su producto satisfacer a la demandante el importe de la Sentencia por la suma de $65,071.70 de principal, más intereses sobre dicha suma al 4.50% anual desde el 1 de julio de 2023 hasta su completo pago, más $125.24 de recargos acumulados, los cuales continuarán en aumento hasta el saldo total de la deuda, más la cantidad estipulada de $8,606.70 para costas, gastos y honorarios de abogados, así como cualquier otra suma que contenga el contrato del préstamo, incluyendo pero sin limitarse a gastos de mantenimiento, inspecciones y otros adelantos “corporate advances”. Surge del Estudio de Título Registral que sobre esta propiedad pesa el siguiente gravamen posterior a la hipoteca que por la presente se pretende ejecutar: Aviso de Demanda: Pleito seguido por Banco Popular de Puerto Rico vs. Sucesión de Jorge Luis Ortiz Torres también conocido como Jorge Ortiz Torres compuesta por Myrialis Ortos Sánchez, Jorge Isaac Ortiz Sánchez, Fulano y Mengano de Tal, Departamento de Hacienda por conducto de la División de Caudales Relictos y el Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales (CRIM), ante el Tribunal de Primera Instancia, Sala Superior de Fajardo, en el caso civil número FA2024CV00107, sobre cobro de dinero y ejecución de hipoteca, en la que se reclama el pago de hipoteca, con un balance de $65,071.70 y otras cantidades, según Demanda de fecha 1 de febrero de 2024. Anotada al Tomo Karibe de Río Grande. Anotación A. EMBARGO FEDERAL: Anotado contra J. Ortiz Sánchez & M. Cardona De Jesus, seguro social XXX-XX-3396, por la suma de $7,786.93, según notificación número 411060320, anotada el 12 de junio de 2020, al asiento 2020-02100FED del Libro de Embargos Federales Karibe. No podemos identificar si es nuestro deudor. Se notifica al acreedor posterior o a su sucesor o cesionario en derecho para que comparezca a proteger su derecho si así lo desea. Se les advierte a los interesados que todos los documentos relacionados con la presente acción de ejecución de hipoteca, así como los de Subasta, estarán disponibles para ser examinados, durante horas laborables, en el expediente del caso que
obra en los archivos de la Secretaría del Tribunal, bajo el número de epígrafe y para su publicación en un periódico de circulación general en Puerto Rico por espacio de dos semanas y por lo menos una vez por semana; y para su fijación en los sitios públicos requeridos por ley. Se entenderá que todo licitador acepta como bastante la titularidad y que las cargas y gravámenes anteriores y los preferentes, si los hubiere, al crédito del ejecutante, continuarán subsistentes; entendiéndose que el rematante los acepta y queda subrogado en la responsabilidad de los mismos, sin destinarse a su extinción el precio del remate y que la propiedad a ser ejecutada se adquirirá libre de cargas y gravámenes posteriores tal como lo expresa la Ley Núm. 210-2015. Y para el conocimiento de los demandados, de los acreedores posteriores, de los licitadores, partes interesadas y público en general, EXPIDO para su publicación en los lugares públicos correspondientes, el presente Aviso de Pública Subasta en Fajardo, Puerto Rico, hoy 27 de junio de 2024. SANDRALIZ MARTÍNEZ TORRES, ALGUACIL CONFIDENCIAL #737, ALGUACIL DEL TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA, CENTRO JUDICIAL DE FAJARDO, SALA SUPERIOR. JORGE A. ORTIZ ESTRADA, ALGUACIL REGIONAL INTERINO #622.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs. ELIZABETH NEGRÓN MELÉNDEZ Demandado Civil Núm.: MV2023CV00175. Salón: 903. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ELIZABETH NEGRÓN MELÉNDEZ – URB LAS VIRTUDES 736 CALLE EMANCIPACION, SAN JUAN PR 00924-1241 / 3230 REDWOOD RD DURHAM, NC 277044038.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a
la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Gabriel Antonio Ramos Colón cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección gabriel.ramos@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 4 de junio de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 4 de junio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. GLORIA MARTÍNEZ RIVERA, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
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SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC.
Demandante Vs. NANESHKA S. RIVERA FERRER
Demandado
Civil Núm.: RG2024CV00112. Salón: 206. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsi-
va dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Ledo. Gabriel Antonio Ramos Colón cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección gabriel.ramos@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en FAJARDO, Puerto Rico, hoy día 30 de mayo de 2024. En Río Grande, Puerto Rico, el 4 de juniode 2024. WANDA I. SEGUÍ REYES, SECRETARIA. IDALIA PIÑERO REYES, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE JUNCOS ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC.
Demandante Vs. RICARDO SÁNCHEZ RODRÍGUEZ
Demandado
Civil Núm.: JU2024CV00078. Salón: 803. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: RICARDO SÁNCHEZ RODRÍGUEZ – HC 01 BOX 5777 JUNCOS PR 00777 / 4280 FOREST RD WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33406-4842.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado
en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Gabriel Antonio Ramos Colón cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección gabriel.ramos@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, hoy día 4 de junio de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 4 de junio de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. GLORIMAR RIVERA RIVERA, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE CAROLINA ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs. ARIEL O MELENDEZ MENDEZ Demandado Civil Núm.: CA2024CV01159. Salón: 408. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ARIEL O MELENDEZ MENDEZ – URB VILLA CAROLINA 212-19 CALLE 508, CAROLINA, PR 00985-3035.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema
SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com.
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 5 de junio de 2024. En Carolina, Puerto Rico, el 5 de junio de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA. KEILA GARCÍA SOLÍS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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Demandante Vs. SUCESION RAQUEL CHARRIEZ RIVERA T/C/C RAQUEL CHARRIEZ T/C/C RAQUEL C. GARCIA COMPUESTA POR NYDIA GARCIA CHARRIEZ, DAVID GARCIA CHARRIEZ; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE CONG POSIBLES HEREDEROS
DESCONOCIDOS; SUCESION GIL ANTONIO GARCIA CHARRIEZ COMPUESTA POR JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE CONG POSIBLES HEREDEROS DESCONOCIDOS; ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA; CENTRO DE RECAUDACION DE INGRESOS MUNICIPALES
Demandados Civil Núm.: CA2024CV01497. Sobre: EJECUCIÓN DE HIPOTECA. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: NYDIA GARCIA
CHARRIEZ; JOHN DOE Y JANE DOE COMO POSIBLES MIEMBROS DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION RAQUEL CHARRIEZ RIVERA T/C/C RAQUEL CHARRIEZ T/C/C RAQUEL C. GARCIA; JOHN ROE Y JANE ROE COMO
POSIBLES MIEMBROS
DESCONOCIDOS DE LA SUCESION GIL ANTONIO GARCIA CHARRIEZ.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza para que presente al Tribunal su alegación responsiva a la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación de este edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: http://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberé presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaria del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, a cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. Greenspoon Marder, LLP Lcda. Frances L. Asencio-Guido R.U.A. 15,622 TRADE CENTRE SOUTH, SUITE 700 100 WEST CYPRESS CREEK ROAD FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33309 Telephone: (954) 343 6273 Frances.Asencio@gmlaw.com
Expedido baja ml firma, y sello del Tribunal, en Carolina, Puerto Rico, hoy día 17 de julio de 2024. LCDA. KANELLY ZAYAS ROBLES, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. ROSA M. VIERA VELÁZQUEZ, SUBSECRETARIA.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO Demandante V. CLAUDIO AGUIRRE SALINAS, JANETH ALTAMAR MANGA Y LA SOCIEDAD LEGAL DE GANANCIALES COMPUESTA POR AMBOS, UNITED MORTGAGE CORPORATION, JOHN DOE Demandadas Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV04877. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO POR LA VÍA JUDICIAL. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, S.S. A: UNITED MORTGAGE CORPORATION Y JOHN DOE COMO TENEDOR DESCONOCIDOS DEL PAGARÉ A FAVOR DE UNITED MORTGAGE CORPORATION, O A SU ORDEN, POR LA
SUMA PRINCIPAL DE $48,200.00, INTERESES AL 7.50% ANUAL, VENCEDERO EL DÍA 1 DE MAYO DE 2012, CONSTITUIDO MEDIANTE LA ESCRITURA NÚMERO 491, OTORGADA EN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, EL DÍA 30 DE ABRIL DE 1987, ANTE EL NOTARIO JOSÉ ENRIQUE AMADEO, E INSCRITA A LA FINCA NÚMERO 30,335 DE SABANA LLANA, REGISTRO DE LA PROPIEDAD DE PUERTO RICO, QUINTA SECCIÓN DE SAN JUAN, INSCRIPCIÓN 1RA.
Por la presente se le emplaza y notifica que debe contestar la demanda incoada en su contra dentro del término de treinta (30) días a partir de la publicación del presente edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.ihp/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio. Si usted deja de presentar y notificar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el Tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la Demanda, o cualquier otro, si el Tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente.
ABOGADOS DE LA PARTE
DEMANDANTE:
Lcdo. Reggie Díaz Hernández RUA Núm.: 16,393
BERMUDEZ & DIAZ LLP
Suite 209
500 Calle De La Tanca San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
TeL: (787) 523-2670
Fax: (787) 523-2664
rdíazbdprlaw.com
Expido este edicto bajo mi firma y el sello de este Tribunal, hoy 17 de julio de 2024. SRA. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA GENERAL. ENID DÍAZ RÍOS, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS
A SALA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. ANA MIRIAM SOSTRE
RIVERA Y OTROS
Demandado(a)
Caso Núm.: SJ2023CV08965. (Salón: 604 CIVIL). Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - ORDINARIO Y OTROS. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA POR EDICTO.
JUAN C. FORTUÑO FASJCFORTUNO@FORTUNO-LAW. COM.
A: ANA MIRIAM SOSTRE RIVERA. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto)
EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 24 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 30 de julio de 2024. En San Juan, Puerto Rico, el 30 de julio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA. RAQUEL DÍAZ LÓPEZ, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL. LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS RAMÓN
MARIERA RODRÍGUEZ Peticionario EX PARTE
Civil Núm.: GR2024CV00122. Sala: 602. Sobre: PETICIÓN DE DOMINIO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: MARIA L. MARIERA CRUZ, Y/O COLINDANTES DESCONOCIDOS. El demandante ha radicado en este Tribunal una Solicitud para que se declare a favor de Ramón Mariera Rodríguez el dominio de la siguiente finca: RÚSTICA: Solar localizado en el Barrio Jaguar del término
POR EDICTO.
municipal de Gurabo, carretera Ciento Ochenta y Uno (181) Km. Cuarenta y Uno punto Nueve (41.9), con cabida de Ochocientos Setenta y Cuatro metros cuadrados con Nueve Mil Quinientas Setenta y Cinco diezmilésimas de otro (974.9575 m.c.). En linderos por el Norte, en Veinticinco punto Novecientos Cincuenta y Siete metros (25.957 m) con finca matriz por el Sur, en Veintiséis punto Seiscientos Setenta y Un metros (26.71 m) con finca matriz; por el Este, en Treinta y Tres punto Quinientos Noventa metros (33.590 m) en cinco alineamientos, con carretera Ciento Ochenta y Uno (181); y por el Oeste, en Treinta y Dos punto Trescientos Ochenta y Nueve metros (32.389 m) con finca matriz. Representa al peticionario, la abogada cuyo nombre, dirección y teléfono es el siguiente:
Lcda. Ivette Rossana García Cruz PO BOX 373151 Cayey, PR 00737-3151
E-mail: garciacruzlaw@gmail.com
Habiéndose dictado Orden por el Honorable Tribunal para que la solicitud del peticionario sea publicada por tres (3) veces en el término de veinte (20) días en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, para que colindante María L. Mariera Cruz y/o colindantes desconocidos que puedan ser perjudicados por lo solicitado o que tengan cualquier interés o derecho real sobre la finca, comparezcan a alegar sus derechos dentro de los veinte (20) días de la última publicación del edicto. Se le apercibe que, si no compareciere a contestar dicha petición dentro del término establecido, se dictará sentencia concediendo el remedio solicitado. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 22 de julio de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. CORALYS TORRES RIVERA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA CENTRO JUDICIAL DE CAGUAS SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC), COMO SINDICO DE R&G MORTGAGE CORPORATION Y OTROS
Demandadp(a) Caso Núm.: CG2024CV01803. (Salón: 801). Sobre: CANCELACIÓN O RESTITUCIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. NOTIFICACIÓN DE SENTENCIA
MARITZA DEL CARMEN GUZMÁN MATOS - MGUZMAN@ PARTNERSLEGALSERVICESPR. COM.
A: JOHN DOE, RICHARD DOE. (Nombre de las partes que se le notifican la sentencia por edicto) EL SECRETARIO(A) que suscribe le notifica a usted que el 23 de julio de 2024, este Tribunal ha dictado Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución en este caso, que ha sido debidamente registrada y archivada en autos donde podrá usted enterarse detalladamente de los términos de la misma. Esta notificación se publicará una sola vez en un periódico de circulación general en la Isla de Puerto Rico, dentro de los 10 días siguientes a su notificación. Y, siendo o representando usted una parte en el procedimiento sujeta a los términos de la Sentencia, Sentencia Parcial o Resolución, de la cual puede establecerse recurso de revisión o apelación dentro del término de 30 días contados a partir de la publicación por edicto de esta notificación, dirijo a usted esta notificación que se considerará hecha en la fecha de la publicación de este edicto. Copia de esta notificación ha sido archivada en los autos de este caso, con fecha 30 de julio de 2024. En Caguas, Puerto Rico, el 30 de julio de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA.
JESSENIA PEDRAZA ANDINO, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR DEL TRIBUNAL.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO, INC. Demandante V. ROGER O. RODRIGUEZ DAVILA Demandado Civil Núm.: GR2024CV00137. Sala: 703. Sobre: INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: ROGER O.
RODRIGUEZ DAVILA - 36 CALLE 3 URB. TOSCANA, GURABO, PUERTO RICO 00776. DE: FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO.
Se le emplaza y requiere que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este
edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://unired.ramajudicial.pr, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Este caso trata sobre Cobro de Dinero; la parte demandante solicita que se condene a la parte demandada a pagar: la suma principal de $29,333.54 más cargos por mora y el 10% del total adeudado de honorarios de abogados por concepto de Contrato de Arrendamiento y la suma principal de $11,698.91 por la tarjeta bancaria número xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-5424; más una suma por costas, gastos y honorarios de abogado. Se le apercibe que, si dejare de hacerlo, se dictará contra usted sentencia en rebeldía, concediéndose el remedio solicitado en la demanda, sin más citarle ni oírle.
Lcdo. José Antonio Lamas Burgos Abogado Número 15693 PO Box 194089, San Juan, PR 00919 Teléfono: (787) 296-9500 Correo Electrónico: jlamas@lvprlaw.com
EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y Sello del Tribunal, hoy: 15 de julio de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LIZ WHARTON ROSA, SUBSECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA SUPERIOR DE CAGUAS
BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
Demandante V. SINTHIA JARDIN; POLINIO TORRES; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE, COMO POSIBLES TENEDORES DESCONOCIDOS
Demandados
Civil Núm. CG2024CV02301. Sala: 703. Sobre: CANCELACIÓN DE PAGARÉ EXTRAVIADO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS EE.UU., EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS.
A: SINTHIA JARDIN; POLINIO TORRES; JOHN DOE Y RICHARD DOE, POSIBLES TENEDORES DE PAGARÉ
EXTRAVIADO DESCRITO MÁS ADELANTE. Por la presente se le notifica que se ha radicado una Demanda donde se solicita se
cancele el siguiente pagaré, el cual está extraviado, así como la hipoteca que garantiza su pago: a. pagaré a favor de PORTADOR, por la suma principal de $20,000.00, con intereses al 8% anual, con vencimiento a un año de su otorgamiento, constituida mediante la escritura número 2, otorgada en San Juan, Puerto Rico el 12 de enero de 2006 ante el notario Teodoro L. Tapia Gómez, según inscripción 12ª. Dicho pagaré fue garantizado con una hipoteca que grava la siguiente propiedad: Urbana: TERRALINDA Y EXTENSION, URBANIZACIÓN de Caguas. Solar: 16. Cabida: novecientos sesenta y uno Metros Cuadrados (961 mc). Esta finca está localizada en el Barrio Cañabón de Caguas. En lindes: por el Norte, con la calle “B” de la urbanización; por el Sur, en 25.00 con el solar número 3 de la urbanización; por el Este, con el solar 15 de la urbanización; y por el Oeste, con el solar número 17 de la urbanización. Esta finca se segrega de la finca principal número 1657 de Caguas. Aprobada esta segregación según el plano archivado con el número 36. Inscrita al Folio diez (10) del Tomo trescientos setenta y uno (371) de Caguas, Finca nueve mil ochocientos sesenta (9,860), Sección I de Caguas, Registro de la Propiedad de Puerto Rico. POR LA PRESENTE se les emplaza y requiere para que notifique a la Lcda. Maritza Guzmán Matos, PMB 767, Avenida Luis Vigoreaux, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966, teléfono (787) 7583276, abogada de la parte demandante, con copia de vuestra contestación a la demanda radicada en este caso contra ustedes, dentro de un término de treinta (30) días contados a partir de la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), al cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https://wwwpoderjudicial.pr/index.php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que el caso sea de un expediente físico o que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la Secretaría del Tribunal y notificar copia de la misma al (a la) abogado(a) de la parte demandante a esta, de no tener representación legal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda, o cualquier otro, si el tribunal, en el ejercicio de su sana discre-
ción, lo entiende procedente. Se le advierte de su derecho a comparecer acompañado(a) de abogado(a) en los casos que proceda. Expedido bajo mi firma y sello de este Tribunal, en Caguas, Puerto Rico, a 16 de julio de 2024. IRASEMIS DÍAZ SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. LIZ WHARTON ROSA, SUB-SECRETARIA.
LEGAL NOTICE
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE SAN JUAN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC, COMO AGENTE DE FAIRWAY ACQUISITIONS FUND, LLC. Demandante Vs. NILDA LOPEZ HIDALGO Demandado
Civil Núm.: SJ2024CV02877. Salón: 1003. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO - R.60. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: NILDA LOPEZ HIDALGOCOND VENUS TOWERS 101 CALLE COSTA RICA APT 301, SAN JUAN, PR, 00917-2437.
POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:// www.poderjudicial.pr/index. php/tribunal-electronico/, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia a los abogados de la parte demandante, el Lcdo. Jan Miguel Otero Martínez cuyas direcciones son: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 009368518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección jan.otero@ orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orf-law.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en San Juan, Puerto Rico, hoy día 6
de junio de 2024. GRISELDA RODRÍGUEZ COLLADO, SECRETARIA REGIONAL. IDALISSE SÁEZ ORTIZ, SECRETARIA DE SERVICIOS A SALA.
ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMERA INSTANCIA SALA DE BAYAMÓN ISLAND PORTFOLIO SERVICES, LLC COMO AGENTE DE ACE ONE FUNDING, LLC
Parte Demandante Vs. MANUEL A CASTILLO MARTES
Parte Demandada Civil Núm.: GB2023CV00504. 402. Sobre: COBRO DE DINERO. EMPLAZAMIENTO POR EDICTO. ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA, EL PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO, SS. A: MANUEL A CASTILLO MARTES - BO GUARAGUAO SECT LOS RAMOS SOLAR 2, GUAYNABO PR 00971 / HC-01 BOX 6376, BAYAMON, PR 00956. POR LA PRESENTE se le emplaza y requiere para que conteste la demanda dentro de los treinta (30) días siguientes a la publicación de este Edicto. Usted deberá presentar su alegación responsiva a través del Sistema Unificado de Manejo y Administración de Casos (SUMAC), la cual puede acceder utilizando la siguiente dirección electrónica: https:///www.poderjudicial.pr/ index.php/tribunal-electronico, salvo que se represente por derecho propio, en cuyo caso deberá presentar su alegación responsiva en la secretaría del tribunal. Si usted deja de presentar su alegación responsiva dentro del referido término, el tribunal podrá dictar sentencia en rebeldía en su contra y conceder el remedio solicitado en la demanda o cualquier otro sin más citarle ni oírle, si el tribunal en el ejercicio de su sana discreción, lo entiende procedente. El sistema SUMAC notificará copia al abogado de la parte demandante, Kevin Sánchez Campanero cuya dirección es: P.O. Box 71418 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8518, teléfono (787) 993-3731 a la dirección kevin. sanchez@orf-law.com y a la dirección notificaciones@orflaw.com. EXTENDIDO BAJO MI FIRMA y el sello del Tribunal, en BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, hoy día 6 de junio de 2024. LCDA. LAURA I. SANTA SÁNCHEZ, SECRETARIA. NOELIA MATÍAS SALAS, SECRETARIA AUXILIAR.
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By THE STAR STAFF
Puerto Rico’s Ayden Owens Delerme finished ninth in the decathlon at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Owens Delerme entered the final event, the 1,500-meter run, with the possibility of winning an Olympic diploma for finishing in the top eight overall in combined scoring, after his medal hopes had slipped away in the penultimate event, the javelin throw.
Norwegian Markus Rooth surprised the more than 70,000 spectators and athletics experts by winning the gold medal in the decathlon with 8,796 points. He accumulated 683 points for his 11th-place finish in the 1,500 with a time of 4 minutes, 39.56 seconds on a wet track. With that performance he snatched the championship from one of the favorites, German Leo Neugebauer, who
took the silver medal with 8,748 points. The bronze went to Grenada’s Lindon Victor with 8,711 points.
“It has been a very difficult road, but we did it,” said Owens Delerme, who said he sustained several injuries during a competition in California after qualifying for the Olympics in April. “We are here at the Olympics.”
Owens Delerme, 24, attributed the decline in his performance on the second day of the competition to the lack of training in several events, such as the pole vault, due to stress injuries in his pelvic area three months ago. He finished 12th in the 1,500 meters on Saturday, less than a second behind Rooth.
“I couldn’t [elevate] much with the pole vault. I didn’t do so well with the javelin,” said the native of Pittsburgh who moved to San Germán to complete his training. “Despite that, I am happy to be here.”
Caguas native Gladymar Torres Crespo, meanwhile, expressed satisfaction with her performance in the 100 meters.
“I am not upset. I am satisfied with the work I did,” she said. “My heat (series) was of a very high level. It is important to have experience. I am leaving with that.”
The sprinter, who won the 100 meters and 200 meters at Las Justas for Ana G. Méndez University was in the second of three semifinal heats. Notable in that heat was the absence of three-time gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica, who had qualified for the event with the second best time, 10.92 seconds. From that same heat came the top two finishers in the final, Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia (10.84 seconds) and Sha’carri Richard-
son of the U.S. (10.89.884).
“She [Fraser-Pryce] didn’t show up,” said Torres Crespo, who holds the Puerto Rico record in the 100 meters. “For me it was a surprise. That’s how sport is. I went to the call room and … they called her and they called her and she didn’t show up.”
The 100-meter specialist ran on Friday in heat eight of eight of the first round. She clocked a time of 11.12 seconds to break her own national mark of 11.20 seconds.
By THE STAR STAFF
The Azucareros of Yabucoa defeated the Titans of Florida 7-5 on Saturday at Francisco Negrón Stadium in Las Piedras in Game 2 of the Superior Double A Baseball League Final Series.
The Yabucoeños took the lead in the fifth inning, when with the score tied at 3-3, Luis Pintor took advantage of an error by pitcher Joshua Santiago to reach the plate and a sacrifice fly by Edwin Gómez brought
By THE STAR STAFF
The Puerto Rico men’s national basketball team fell 104-83 to the United States at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday to end its participation in the summer Games.
The leading scorers for Puerto Rico were José Alvarado with 18 points and Ismael “El Cubanazo” Romero with 12. Romero had 10 rebounds, George Conditt IV had five assists and two blocks, and Aleem Ford had two steals to complement his 10 points.
For the U.S., Antony Edwards led the way with 26 points and two steals, as five
in Jan Hernández for the fifth run.
Right-hander Cristian González pitched 7.1 innings with nine hits allowed and five runs to earn the win. Steven Dávila went the rest of the way for the save. Left-hander Santiago took the loss, allowing six runs, including one unearned, over five innings.
Florida took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, but Yabucoa tied the score immediately in the bottom of the frame. After the Titans scored on an error in the fourth inning to regain the lead, 2-1, Nelson Jorge hit
a two-run home run to put the Azucareros ahead, 3-2. A triple by Ian Laureano drove in Florida’s third run to tie the game in the fifth inning.
In the eighth inning, the Titans showed signs of life with a two-run triple by pinchhitter Miguel Vega. In the same inning, a sacrifice fly by Luis Pintor produced Yabucoa’s seventh run.
The series resumes this Friday with Game 3 at 8 p.m. at Pedro Román Meléndez Stadium in Manatí.
team exits with 21-point loss to USA
other players scored in double figures, including Joel Embiid with 15 points. Jayson Tatum had 10 rebounds, Lebron James had eight assists and Anthony Davis had two blocks.
In other sports, Golfer Rafa Campos completed the third day of competition in 44th place. The medal round was slated for Sunday at Le Golf National. Meanwhile, sailor Pedro Fernández was in
36th place in a field of 43 after completing races five and six, with two days of
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